From J. B. Innes 19 August 1880
Lochcarron, | Ross-shire, N.B.
19 Augst 80.
Dear Darwin—
When ignorant folk fancy they have observed something, most likely it is a mare’s nest—1
Today shooting on the forest here, and being more than half way up the hill of Ben y. Hatt2 I found some barnacles on a rock. 1st. it struck me as curious that barnacles should be so high up. 2nd. that as they were easily separated from the rock with a pen knife that they had not long since been separated by weather. The piece of rock they were on must have weighed from ton to a ton or more I looked at a good many places about without finding any more.— I send you the specimens.
I hope you are all well. The reports of Mrs. Hoole I lament to say seem very unfavourable. She appears to be even worse than she was when we were at Downe.3
My little home party would join me in kind regards to you all, but I have forsaken them for a run on grouse moor and forest. I am however off home again tomorrow.
Believe me | Faithfully Yours | J Brodie Innes
Footnotes
Summary
Sends specimens of what he takes to be barnacles found on rocks in the mountains.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12694
- From
- John Brodie Innes
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Lochcarron
- Source of text
- DAR 167: 36
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12694,” accessed on 29 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12694.xml