From T. C. Eyton [before 23 January 1869]1
Eyton, | Wellington, | Salop.
Dear Darwin
I am writing or rather intending to write on a very curious subject Why do salmon rise or why do not they always rise at the fly the first short paper or rather letter to Buckland will be published in one of the next nos of Land and Water2 Negretti & Zambra3 are preparing some instruments for me viz
Electrometer |
Hygrometer |
Barometer |
Thermometer |
and compass to be fitted in a box of a portable form to go with me fishing by means of which I shall always be able to ascertain the state of the atmosphere at any time and tabulating the observations I hope to come to some results.
Have in your travels made any observations of the sort or observed anything that will help conclusions if you have or can give me any hints I shall be much obliged to you. Hoping that you are in better health than when you wrote last and that all your party are well also
I remain yours truly | Tho C Eyton
I shall a supplement out shortly to Osteologia4 Have you seen Alphonse Milne Edwards book on the fossil birds of France.5 I was yesterday trying to make from the old book of what country the rabbit was originally a native but was not very successful.6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Clifton, Gloria. 1995. Directory of British scientific instrument makers 1550–1851. London: Zwemmer, in association with the National Maritime Museum.
Eyton, Thomas Campbell. 1867–75. Osteologia avium; or, a sketch of the osteology of birds. 1 vol. and 2 supplements. Wellington, Salop.: R. Hobson.
Milne-Edwards, Alphonse. 1867–71. Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l’histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France. 2 vols. 2 atlases. Paris: Victor Masson.
Summary
Is trying to determine conditions governing whether or not a salmon will rise for a fly.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6572
- From
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Eyton, Wellington, Salop
- Source of text
- DAR 163: 42
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6572,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6572.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17