To John Evans 29 January 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan. 29. 78
My dear Mr Evans,
I think you are doing a very great service to Natural Science by getting the caves of Borneo explored. I shall be happy to subscribe £20, but I do not send a cheque as if more is necessary I shall be glad to give £30 or £40.1 I wish some one as energetic as yourself would organise an expedition to the triassic lacustrine beds in S: Africa, where the cliffs are said to be almost composed of bones.2
Pray believe me yours very sincerely, | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Desmond, Adrian. 1982. Archetypes and ancestors: palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850–1875. London: Blond & Briggs.
Owen, Richard. 1876. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum. London: the Trustees.
Summary
Happy to subscribe to A. H. Everett’s expedition to the caves of Borneo.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11339F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Evans
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities (JE/B/1/17)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11339F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11339F.xml
