From Edward Jones to Mary Anne Ruck 28 April 1869
Hendrewallog
April 28th. 1869
Mrs. M L. Ruck
Dear Madam,
your letter of the 19th instt., came to hand duly but as to make an examination to the matter you referred to, I have been for few days looking through the sheep & I have to inform you, that there are good many of the male lambs having a horns to be seen when they first born, those of the femels which shall have a horns at all you can feel them in the skin1 there are several of the males having a horns half an inch some times above the wool when they first born— The male once will grow sooner than the femels a good deal— Though there are good many of males & femels without have any horns at all, when they grow unto ful size they got no more horns than a head of a finger— My Mother is better but not yet good enough as to leave home for change of air But we expects that she will be able to go in course of a few days, She wishes to send her best respects to you & all the Family as well and so we do the same, my Father as well as myself2
I remain Dear Madam | your most obedient servant | Edward Jones
To Mrs M. L. Ruck
Pantlludw | nr. Machynlleth
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Horns of sheep [see Descent 1: 289 n. 26].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6707
- From
- Edward Jones
- To
- Mary Anne Matthews/Mary Anne Ruck
- Sent from
- Hendrewaellog
- Source of text
- DAR 83: 182–3
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp † (by CD)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6707,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6707.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17