From Gerard Krefft 3 November 1873
Australian Museum Sydney
Novbr 3 1873
Dear Sir
The Bearer, whom I should like to introduce to you, is Mr Bradley1 a keen observer as regards spiders in particular Mr Bradley may probably remember something about the flowering of the Eucalypti—at any rate the many insects who visit the flowers when the pollen is almost shed.2 If you care about the habits of snakes my friend will be able to give you some information
I remain | dear Sir | yours very sincerely | Gerard Krefft
Charles Darwin Esq | FRS | Down | Beckenham Kent
Footnotes
Summary
Letter of introduction for Mr Bradley, an expert on spiders.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9129
- From
- Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Australian Museum, Sydney
- Source of text
- DAR 169: 122
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9129,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9129.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21