Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Kent, 18 February, 1869

Acknowledges receipt of Aboriginal vocabularies, Melbourne University Calendars, and Barry's address to the Forensic Society. His own recommendations in the Admiralty Scientific Manual have succeeded in saving from oblivion, 14 different dialects, but he regrets that his phonetic system has been inaccurately transcribed in the vocabularies. Has a high regard for the work of Professor Hearn. (4 pages and envelope)