To A. A. Gould 8 April [1850]1
Down Farnborough Kent
April 8th.
My dear Sir
I write one line to say how sorry I am that I troubled you with a former letter; for on calling yesterday at Mr Cumings I found there a parcel for me from you. Mr Cuming was ill when it arrived & the servant laid it aside & it was found only the other day.— I am very much obliged for this fresh proof of your kindness.— In your note, you speak of a Coronula being enclosed; such, I am sorry to say was not in the parcel & I am quite unable to account for its loss. The parcel contained only a fine large Balanus. Mr Dana gave me some hopes that you possessed some species of Scalpellum.—
Pray accept my apologies & thanks & believe | me dear Sir in Haste | Yours sincerely obliged | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Summary
Parcel from AAG containing cirripede specimens has been received by CD from Hugh Cuming.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1320
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Augustus Addison Gould
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 228)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1320,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1320.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
