To ?1 31 [January 1875–82]2
Down, | Bekenham, Kent | Railway Station | Orpinton. S.E.R.
Junio 31
Mi distinguido Senor
Yo siento mucho — — — que Beckenham (no sea/esté el3 puerto de comercio,)4 a 7 largas millas de este lugar. Es mejor asunto — — — — — Orpington. — — South Eastern Ry — el — esta — 4 millas de mi casa. Yo estoy no del todo sorprendido de que vuestro — por mi clima retardado. Si cuando las tardes/puesta de sol5 sean mas avanzada vuestro 14° tendra un — — — — vida, hasta las 5 la visita del sol 14 — tan feliz verlo crecer— Yo recuerdo.
Miquerido señor | Vuestro — — —
Footnotes
Bibliography
Romero de Tejada, Pilar. 1982. Cartas de Darwin en el Museo Nacional de Etnología de Madrid. Arbor 113: 139–50.
Translation
To ?1 31 [January 1875–82]2
Down, | Bekenham, Kent | Railway Station | Orpinton. S. E. R.
June 31
My dear Sir
I am very sorry — — — that Beckenham (be not 3 a commercial port,)4 at 7 long miles from this place. It is better — — — — — Orpington. — — South Eastern Ry — it — is — 4 miles from my house. I am not at all surprised that your — delayed because of the weather. If when the afternoons/sunset5 become longer your 14° will have a — — — — life, the visit of the sun until 5. 14 — so happy to see it grow — I remember.
My dear Sir | Yours — — —
Footnotes
Bibliography
Romero de Tejada, Pilar. 1982. Cartas de Darwin en el Museo Nacional de Etnología de Madrid. Arbor 113: 139–50.
Summary
[Provides directions for travel to Down by train.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13889A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Romero de Tejada 1982, p. 150; Museo Nacional de Etnología [now Antropología], Madrid
- Physical description
- A rough Spanish translation
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13889A,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13889A.xml