To T. C. Eyton 18 June [1860]1
Down Bromley Kent
June 18th
Dear Eyton
Can you give me any authentic cases of duration of gestation in any breeds of Dogs,—Hounds, Otter-Hounds &c &c. &c.—2 If you can I shd. esteem it a great favour.— Pray do not trouble yourself to write unless you can & are willing to aid me.—3
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The stationery is watermarked 1860.
CD’s interest in this question had been stimulated by queries raised by Charles Lyell. See preceding letter and letter to Charles Lyell, 1 [June 1860].
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks about the period of gestation in dogs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2835
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.218)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2835,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2835.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
letter
