To Walter Elliot 3 August [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Aug. 3d
My dear Sir
Your former great kindness in giving me valuable information, makes me think that you will, if in your power, answer me a question.2
I want to know what mammals are polygamous, & I cannot find any statement about the wild Boar in Europe. In India do you happen to know whether during the breeding season, the Boar is accompanied by two or more sows?3
I hope that you will excuse me for troubling you & believe me | My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks whether the wild boar in India is polygamous.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6849
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Elliot
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Hay Library, Brown University
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6849,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6849.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
