To John Dean Caton 18 September 1868
Down. Bromley. Kent. S.E.
Sept 18th/ 68—
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to thank you very sincerely for your kindness in sending me through Mr Walsh your admirable paper on American Deer—1
It is quite full of most interesting observations, stated with the greatest clearness. I have seldom read a paper with more interest, for it abounds with facts of direct use for my work. Many of them consist of little points which hardly anyone besides yourself has observed, or perceived the importance of recording— I would instance the age at which the horns are developed (a point on which I have lately been in vain searching for information)2 the rudiment of horns in the female elk3—& especially the different nature of the plants devoured by the deer & elk4—& several other points—5
With cordial thanks for the pleasure & instruction which you have afforded me & with high respect for your powers of observation
I beg leave to remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Caton, John Dean. 1868. American Cervus. Read before the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, 21 May 1868. Ottawa, Illinois: Osman and Hapeman.
Caton, John Dean. 1880. Miscellanies. Boston: Houghton, Osgood.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks JDC for paper ["American Cervus", Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sci. (1868); read 21 May 1868].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6377
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- Charles Robert Darwin
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- John Dean Caton
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- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 253
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- C 1p
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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16