To F. T. Buckland 11 December [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec 11
My dear Mr Buckland
I am much obliged for your interesting letter.2 I had not heard that you had left the army;3 but I have been ill for above a year, & am still so weak that I go nowhere, & so hear no news. I shall be particularly obliged to you, if you are able to examine the feet of otter-hounds in comparison with other hounds or even with other dogs.4 Do not trouble yourself to send me a dead hound, I could not leave home to compare it with other hounds.
I thank you for telling me about the change in the oysters which fact I will hereafter quote on your authority;5 for I have met with a statement that young British oysters placed in the Meditterranean become rayed liked the shells in that sea.6 You must be very busy with your many pursuits, which must require indomitable energy.7 Some months ago we read aloud your two Vols of Miscellanea8 & we were all much indebted to you for much interest & amusement.
Pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bompas, George C. 1885. Life of Frank Buckland. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Buckland, Francis Trevelyan. 1857. Curiosities of natural history. London: Richard Bentley.
Calendar: A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks for comparison of otter-hounds’ feet with those of other dogs.
Changes in oysters.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4713
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.11: 7 (EH 88206059)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4713,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4713.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12