From Francis Galton 9 April [1871]¹

5 Bertie Terrace | Leamington

Easter Sunday

My dear Darwin

Yes! The carrier w^d. be the best.² Will you, if you have not already written to Fraser,³ send me a card to say day & approximate hour for the carrier to call, that I may instruct my man⁴ to get the rabbits ready, for him. (There is no hurry.)— They will not want to be kept apart for 2 months to come then, the bucks sh^d. be separated. the does may run together, until a week before their litters. Give them plenty of play room. One square yard for each adult rabbit, is the minimum for perfect health.

Ever y^rs. | F. Galton

Footnotes

1

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton to Francis Darwin, 7 April 1871. In 1871, Easter Sunday was 9 April.

2

No letter from CD has been found, but see the letter from Francis Galton to Francis Darwin, 7 April 1871. The Down carrier was George Snow.

3

Oscar Louis Fraser.

4

Galton may refer to Thomas Bass.