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  <dc:title>Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from J.C. Hook, R.A., 25 October 1872</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letter dated 25 October 1872 to Macdonald from J.C. Hook, R.A., Silverbeck, Churt, Farnham, [Surrey], unsuitability of a live skua ('bonxie') unless a pet one could be found at Foula, and its purpose in his painting - 'I'm rather ornithologicalissimus this year you'll say' - the river he was painting has flooded, description of the water voles and coots which used to visit him as he painted.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1872</dc:date>
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