To Francis Darwin 13 May [1872]1
Down, Beckenham, Kent.
May 13th.
My dear Frank
Will you try to persuade Mr. Bartlett to do me a great favour (and if he will, report the result to me)—viz. to show to the Porcupine a live snake, observe whether the sight of the snake will make it rattle the quills on the tail, as Mr. Bartlett showed me that the Porcupine does when angered.2
You can read this note to Mr. Bartlett.
Yours affectionately | C. Darwin.
Footnotes
Summary
Will FD try to persuade A. D. Bartlett to show a live snake to a porcupine and observe whether the porcupine rattles the quills on its tail? [See 8333.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8325
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 17
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8325,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8325.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
