From John Evans 28 January 1878
Nash Mills, | Hemel Hempsted.
Jany 28. 1878
Dear Mr. Darwin
I venture to ask your kind assistance in carrying out some cave-explorations in Borneo, which Mr. Everett, with whose name I think you are acquainted, is willing to undertake— He proposes to devote a year to the exploration, and estimates his expenses at about £370 which I have agreed to find for him— The produce of his work is in the first instance to go to the British Museum and any duplicates that they may not require will be allotted by a Commee. The Royal Society has voted me £50 from the Donation Fund, and I hope to get a similar amount from the British Association, but there is still a large sum to raise by private subscription which I hope to manage—1 I think that Huxley has already mentioned the subject to you, and I hope that you will not think me troublesome in thus making application to you—2 It seemed to me too good an opportunity to be lost, but I cannot well bear the whole expense myself, though I do not like to go abegging. I suppose that you have seen Gaudrey’s new book with which I am sure that you will be pleased—3
Believe me | yours most truly | John Evans
Charles Darwin Esq LL.D. F.R.S.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Gaudry, Albert. 1878. Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques: mammifères tertiaires. Paris: Librairie Hachette.
Summary
Asks for subscription for A. H. Everett’s cave explorations in Borneo.
Is sure CD is pleased with Albert Gaudry’s new book [Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques (1878)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11337
- From
- John Evans
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Hemel Hempstead
- Source of text
- DAR 163: 37
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11337,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11337.xml