To W. B. Tegetmeier 27 July [1857]1
Down Bromley Kent
July 27th
My dear Sir
I have to thank you for two notes.— Pray never speak of obligation to me, as I am certain the balance lies quite the other way.2
I am glad you like the Barb: I shall most probably have more to offer before long.— I am sorry to hear the Jacobins are so poor; I never looked at the eyes.— Were the white Turbits or owls (I forget which they are called) good: they came from a Lady who is & ought to be a good Fancier.— Anyhow they are easily killed.—
Very sincere thanks for the offer of Gulliver’s Runt, which as you offer it so very kindly, I will gladly accept.— I shd. not kill it till next year; if you think the Hen wd. be quite full-grown by that time, she wd. do as well as the Cock, otherwise the Cock wd. be better, but you must not sacrifice the Cock if of use to you.—
With respect to the Ghondook Hen, if you really do not intend to breed from her, I shd. certainly be very glad of her for skeleton;3 & she cd. be sent to Nag’s Head,4 recently killed so as to come sweet.—
I think you had better send the Birds to the Nag’s Head. I suppose you cd get messenger to go for about 1s 6d & I cd repay you by stamps as that wd be safer & as cheap as sending up to Tottenham Ct. Road & your sending there likewise.5
My dear Sir | with thanks | Your’s very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Richardson, Edmund William. 1916. A veteran naturalist; being the life and work of W. B. Tegetmeier. London: Witherby & Co.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Arrangements for delivery of pigeons and poultry to Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2128
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2128,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2128.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6