To W. B. Tegetmeier [18 September 1856]1
Leith Hill Place | Dorking Surrey
Thursday
My dear Sir
Your letter has been forwarded here.— I am very glad that you approve of the Scanderoons.—
Many thanks for your offers about dead Pigeons.— I return home tomorrow & will then look over my Catalogue & gratefully tell you what I want.2
I have got to care very much about Rabbits & Ducks, as the evidence is better of single origin than in most cases, & therefore differences in their structure the more concerns me. Should any odd Duck (domestic) or Rabbit be ever offered not very dear at Steven’s I shd. be very glad to purchase.—
I was most sincerely sorry to hear of the death of our old & excellent friend,—Yarrell.—3
Your’s very sincerely | 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–.
Summary
CD concerned with rabbits and ducks because evidence of their single origin is "better … than in most cases".
Death of William Yarrell.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1955
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1955,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1955.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6
