From Francis Darwin to W. M. Moorsom 29 October 1877
Down | Beckenham Kent
Dear Sir,
My father directs me to thank you for the letter containing the details about the elephant case.1 If the story is true it appears to my father to be far more probable that the fruit contains some alkaloid such as that in indian hemp.2 This would equally well agree with the natives making a drink from it for similar cases are known e.g. the intoxicating (not alcoholic) liquor brewed from agaricus muscarius by certain steppe tribes (Tartars I believe)3
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Francis Darwin
Oct 29. 1877.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Watt, George. 1889–93. A dictionary of the economic plants of India. 6 vols. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing.
Summary
His father thanks WMM for his letter about the elephant case [see 11214]. If the story is true, CD thinks that the fruit must contain some alkaloid such as that in Indian hemp.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11216A
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Warren Maude Moorsom
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 146: 385b
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11216A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11216A.xml