From Edward Blyth 3 May 1868
7 Princess Terrace, | Regents Park,
May 3/68—
My dear Sir,
As I was returning to town yesterday after a week’s sojourn in Wilts, I saw in the train the Star newspaper, giving an account of the capture of a Greek brigand chieftain, who was at once recognised by the peculiarity of having the fore and middle fingers of both hands joined together. As this bears upon what I wrote to you about some time ago, it may be worth while calling your attention to the statement.1
Yours very truly, | E Blyth
Footnotes
Summary
Reports another case of syndactylism.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6158
- From
- Edward Blyth
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Princess Terrace, 7
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 214
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6158,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6158.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16