To John Gould [13 April 1838]1
[36 Great Marlborough Street, London.]
My dear Sir
As I do not at all like the idea of your going to Australia with no other remembrance of me, than rat traps and saddle-bags, will you do me the favour to accept the accompanying trifle, as a very slight token of my earnest wish, that your expedition may answer your & Mrs. Gould’s expectations in every respect.2
Very truly Yours | Chas Darwin
Good Friday
N.B. | I find in my notes that the thick-billed Synallaxis, which you doubted, whether you would not make a sand-lark, is a synallaxis in habits.— so stick to your first opinion—3
Footnotes
Summary
Gives best wishes for Gould’s trip to Australia.
Notes on Synallaxis behaviour.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-408F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Gould
- Source of text
- Dr Daniel C. Devor (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 408F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-408F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)