From W. E. Darwin 11 November 1871
Nov 11. 1871
My dear Father,
I send you a note from Capt Jones with answer from his father, who I believe farms at Bala.1 If this is not enough, I will write again to him.
I have not received any proofs from Murray for some days, I suppose there is some delay.2
Your affect son | W. E. Darwin
What is the meaning of Prof. Cope’s “origin of genera” in Nature3
[Enclosure]
Chester
8. 11 71
My dear Darwin.
My governor4 writes to me. “Of course Castration produces a great effect on the horns of Sheep—as the horns do not grow to so large a size, or so strong— The lambs, are castrated when they are from one to two months old—& the older they are before they are castrated, the larger & stronger will become the horns—& the rule applies to cattle the younger the calf is castrated, the finer (i.e thinner) becomes his horn5
Is this sufficient for your purpose, as I can get you what evidence you like— I do not know whether you want any data as to Ewes horns?
Perhaps you would like measurements length & girth &c taken.—if so let me know, and, I can get these carefully done for your father
Sincerely yrs | R. O. Jones
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cope, Edward Drinker. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868): 242–300.
Cope, Edward Drinker. 1869. On the origin of genera. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, printers.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Forwards a letter from R. O. Jones on the effects of castration on horns of male lambs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8061
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 88: 121–2
- Physical description
- ALS 1p, encl ALS 3pp † (by CD)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8061,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8061.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
