John Murray an Ernst Haeckel, Edinburgh, 17. Juli 1890
Challenger Expedition Office,
45 Frederick Street
EDINBURGH,
17 July 1890
My Dear Haeckel
We only got settled down here last week. We are now both in good health again. I never received any letters from you in Algeria or Gibraltar.
I am glad you || are going to write about „Plankton”. We have not as yet used this word in English, and I do not see any special advantage in its use.
I don’t think there are any special papers on the subject in English. In the narrative there is a great deal scattered || through the pages on the results of the surface and deep tow-nets but no discussion of the subject as a whole except in so far as bearing on the deposits. I will discuss the subject in the last volume.
When are you coming to England? You said your eldest daughter would come to England to school || I think. If she does come my wife would be delighted if she would come to stay a month with us. Perhaps she would come in August?
With best remembrances to all your family
Yours sincerely
John Murray
I don’t agree with Henson as to the results of his discussion. ||
If you come here in August you may have a sail in a yacht belonging to my father in law. J. M.a
a Text weiter am Kopf von S. 1: If you come … in law. J. M.