To Francis Galton 7 July [1857]1
Down Bromley Kent
July 7th
My dear Galton
I return the enclosed signed with very great pleasure.—2
Many thanks for information about Dr. Barths work which I will read.3
I continue much interested about all domestic animals of all savage nations, though I shall not take up cattle in detail.4 If on reading I shd. have anything to ask I will accept your kind offer & ask.— Anything about savages taking any the least pain in breeding & crossing their domestic animals is of particular interest to me.
With kind remembrances to Mrs Galton,5 pray believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Barth, Heinrich. 1857–8. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa: being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of HBM’s government, in the years 1849–1855. 5 vols. London.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Encloses signed document.
"Much interested about all domestic animals of all savage nations."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2121
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/27)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2121,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2121.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6