From Charles Peter Layard to G. H. K. Thwaites 28 July 1868
Colombo
28. July. 1868
My dear Mr. Thwaites—
on the subject of the black boned fowl & Dr. Darwin’s enquiries— I now possess five hens, & two cocks wh. have the characteristic Edgar Layard conceived peculiar to the female bird.1
If you require any particular information respecting these fowl please to let me know the questions of Dr Darwin wh you wish me to answer.
Would there be any object in sending some specimens to England? if so—I have no doubt that with Capt Baileys assistance—it might be possible to get them forwarded by one of the O.P.C. steamers to Dr. Darwin.2
Ever Yours truly | Charles P. Layard
I hope you accomplished your tasks in the [Haygam] Corle3 to your satisfaction & that the headmen were useful.
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Hobson-Jobson: Hobson-Jobson. A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. By Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell. New edition edited by William Crooke. London: John Murray. 1903.
Layard, Austen Henry. 1903. Autobiography and letters from his childhood until his appointment as H.M. Ambassador at Madrid. Edited by William N. Bruce, with a chapter on his parliamentary career by Arthur Otway. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
Roberts, Norah. 1993. Galle as quiet as asleep. [Galle]: the author.
Summary
Has black-boned cocks and hens that show the characteristic that Edgar Layard thought peculiar to the female line. Will provide any particulars that CD wants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6295
- From
- Charles Peter Layard
- To
- George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
- Sent from
- Colombo
- Source of text
- DAR 86: A91
- Physical description
- ALS 1p † (by CD)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6295,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6295.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
