From R. H. Wedgwood [1871–82]1
I want to tell you of an instance of long memory in a horse. I have just driven my pony down from London here, and though she has not been here for eight years, she remembered her way quite well, and made a bolt for the stables where I used to keep her.2
Footnotes
The year range is conjectured from the assumption that the letter was inspired by CD’s work on the mental powers of animals, published in Descent in 1871. CD died in April 1882.
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
An instance of long memory in a horse.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13855A
- From
- Rowland Henry Wedgwood
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- Romanes 1882a, p. 330
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13855A,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
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