To Henry Denny 20 January [1844]
Down near Bromley | Kent
Jan. 20th.—
Dear Sir
It would give me great pleasure to assist you in your valuable scientific labours.—1
I cannot remember whether I collected many lice; I think I did some; but part of my collection was lost & from ill-health & my extreme wish to finish one part of my materials (viz Geology) has prevented me for a long time going through my zoological collection.— I intend, however, doing this soon; & you may rely on it, that I will put on one side, everything I find, which is in your department, & will then communicate with you.—2 I fear the result will be small, if any.—
Everything I collected was properly ticketed & if you ask Mr. Waterhouse,3 I think he can tell you (if the specimens came from me) at least what country, & I shd think the specimens wd have had a separate number, which wd tell the bird, by reference to me.—
With my best wishes for your success.— Believe me | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Discusses sending HD lice specimens. Asks him to check with G. R. Waterhouse.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-731
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Denny
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.37)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 731,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-731.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3