From M. A. Ruck to Francis Darwin [29 April – 27 May 1869]1
13. Kensington Park Road
Thursday.
Dear Mr Darwin,
Caerdeon is most lovely. It is on the Barmouth Estuary with Cadir in front and delightful heathery hills behind.2 You could not do better. I spoke to Clement on Sunday last and he was so vague about his plans that I dare not feel sure you could have it and the other place is a thousand times more beautiful—3
I am sorry it is not nearer to us but we can easily meet for expeditions in all directions—4
Tell your Father that at present the Sheep question stands thus— Horns are always like felt at birth, but do not develope themselves much for a fortnight or more and that earlier in the Males.5 I have several people on the look out and will send more certain information when the season is more advanced. I hope Horace is well give him my love please and say that we have his things here and will give them to Dickie6 Tell Mrs. Darwin that I shall be very glad to welcome her in Wales
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | M L Ruck
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Emma Darwin (1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 vols. Cambridge: privately printed by Cambridge University Press. 1904.
Summary
Sends message to CD about development of horns in sheep.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6760
- From
- Mary Anne Matthews/Mary Anne Ruck
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Kensington Park Rd, 13
- Source of text
- DAR 83: 190, DAR 84.2: 211
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6760,” accessed on 18 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6760.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
