Letter from Herbert Rix, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to the President and Officers Rix has been advised by a Doctor 'to get out of London as much as possible' due to an increasing shortness in breath, and suggested spending Saturdays and Sunday's in the countryside. Rix requests taking Saturday mornings during the spring and summer months away from the Royal Society, and assures the work of the Society will not 'suffer' as a consequence. 16 March 1893