From Francis Trevelyan Buckland 9 March 1867
Salmon Fisheries Office, | 4, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, | S.W.
March 9 | 1867.
My Dear Mr Darwin.
I have been asking all over the country for an Otter hound for you1 I was last week in Tiverton Devonshire—& made enquiries— I send you the reply from my friend a sporting parson as good a fellow as ever walked. Please return his note as I wish to put it into Land & Water of which I trust you approve2
Yours ever | Frank Buckland
When the weather gets warmer I should be so much obliged if you would come & see my Museum at the Horticultural.3 I get no help—but I copy the Salmon & will not be beaten— Read my “Crow” article in todays-paper4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bompas, George C. 1885. Life of Frank Buckland. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Elliott, Brent. 2004. The Royal Horticultural Society: a history 1804–2004. Chichester: Phillimore & Co.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Has been hunting for an otter-hound for CD.
Hopes CD will visit his museum at the Horticultural [Society].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5435
- From
- Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- salmon Fisheries Office
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 362
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5435,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5435.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15