To Francis Galton 27 May [1872]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 27th
My dear Galton
We shall be very happy to keep the 4 Rabbits & breed from them.— I have just spoken to my former groom (now converted into a footman)2 & he says he will do his utmost to keep them in good health.— I have said that you would give him a present, & make it worth his while; & that of course is the sole expense that you will be put to; & I have thought that you would prefer doing this to letting me do so, as I am most perfectly willing to do.—
If you will send an answer by return of Post, I will direct our Carrier,3 who leaves here every Wednesday night to call on next Thursday morning at whatever place you may direct. Next week, we shall probably be at Southampton for 10 days.—4
We have now got 2 litters from some of the young ones which you saw here; & my man says that in one litter there are some odd white marks about their heads; but I am not going again to be deluded about their appearance, until they have got their permanent coats.5
Yours most sincerely | In Haste for Post | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 2002. Charles Darwin. The power of place. Volume II of a biography. London: Pimlico.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Agrees to care for FG’s rabbits and will breed from them.
Plans to go to Southampton for ten days.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8354
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/10)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8354,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8354.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
