From Joseph Fayrer 22 July 1874
16 Granville Place
22 July 1874
Dear Sir
Many thanks for the book which has reached me safely. I am gratified to know that you approve of it.1
I only hope it may help to fulfil the object for which it was written, & help to save life in India, & also aid in dispelling some of the absurd notions about Snakes, & their poison.
I have not been able to do any more experiments with the Snake poison since I wrote last but I will carefully note your suggestion & do what you recommend when opportunity offers.2
I should like to be permitted to pay my respects to you in person when you are in Town.
Where may I do so?
Believe me | Your’s truly | J. Fayrer
C Darwin Esqre F.R.S
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Fayrer, Joseph. 1872. The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments. London: J. and A. Churchill.
Fayrer, Joseph. 1874. The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian Peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life and a series of experiments. 2d edition. London: J. and A. Churchill.
Fayrer, Joseph. 1875. The royal tiger of Bengal, his life and death. London: J. & A. Churchill.
Summary
Is glad CD approves of his book;
has not yet done any more experiments on snake poison.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9559
- From
- Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Granville Place, 16
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 111
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9559,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9559.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
