From Francis Galton 22 March 1870
42 Rutland Gate. S.W.
March 22. 1870
My dear Darwin
Another litter;— this time of 4,— and all of them are true silver greys.— Also, one of the does (mentioned in my last letter as transfused from a black & white) is dead.1
My stud now stands as overleaf. I call each silver grey by the name of the colour of the rabbit from which it has been infused. I also give the particulars of my first batch. You will see that there was much less variety in my pairs then, than there is now.
I hope to try a new mode of transfusion upon a wholly new stock, taking younger rabbits and putting much more alien blood into them.
Ever very sincerely ys. | F. Galton
| 1st. batch of silver greys littered between March.13 and March.19. | |||
| Name of buck | Name of doe | result | |
| yellow No.2 | yellow | abortion, Eat up litter all but one head. | |
| ditto | black and white | 4 dead young all silver grey | |
| ditto | white | 5 healthy young all silver grey but one with a white spot on nose | |
| ditto | Himalya | 4 healthy young all silver grey | |
| 2nd. batch of silver greys to litter between April 14th. and, say, April 30th. | |||
| litter due | |||
| yellow No. 2 | yellow | April 16 | |
| black & white | grey & white | April 21 | |
| Hare coloured | Hare coloured | April 14 | |
| Yellow No.1 | White | } | not yet coupled |
| Angola | Himalya | ||
Footnotes
Summary
Variety in rabbits less than he hoped for; will try a new mode of transfusion.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7143
- From
- Francis Galton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Rutland Gate, 42
- Source of text
- DAR 105: 9–10
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp table
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7143,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7143.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
