To Robert Damon 15 October 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 15. 1877
Dear Sir,
It would be a great satisfaction to me to give you any information on the subject about which you write,—but I cannot do so. It seems incredible that mere contact should be poisonous, supposing the surface not to be abraided,1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Damon had mentioned accounts of fatalities caused by handling the sea snail Conus geographus, and asked CD whether he could corroborate these reports (see letter from Robert Damon, 12 October 1877).
Summary
Cannot give information requested. Seems incredible that mere contact should be poisonous.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11185
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Damon
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 212–213)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11185,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11185.xml
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