To Osbert Salvin 23 June [1868]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
June 23d
My dear Sir
I thank you most sincerely for the great trouble, which you have taken in answering my questions.— Your answers are all perfectly clear & distinct.— I am very glad indeed to hear of the case of the Sandpiper—1 such little facts are my delight. It will go well with the F. Water Ancylus attached to a Dyticus, & the Balani attached to a Flamingo’s feet.—2
With cordial thanks, pray believe me | Yours sincerely & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
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
CD thanks OS for answering his questions and especially for giving the case of the sandpiper; "such little facts are my delight". [See 6253.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6258A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Osbert Salvin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- JU24 | 68
- Source of text
- Sybil Rampen (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6258A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6258A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
