From Francis Darwin [before 22 August 1872]1
6 QA
Dear Father
Sutton says that the monkeys are often sick but he cannot say whether they do it voluntarily or not—2 But as they often do it when it good health it looks as if they could I think
Yrs affec | F Darwin
CD note:
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
Sutton says monkeys often vomit, but cannot say whether they do it voluntarily.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5556
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- DAR 195.3: 67
- Physical description
- ALS 1p, CD note 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5556,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5556.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20