From F. B. Goodacre 8 December 1879
Wilby Rectory | Attlebro’ | Norfolk
Decr 8/79
Dear Sir,
The cross bred gees⟨e⟩ ⟨you⟩ had from me were broth⟨er and⟩ sister of the same h⟨a⟩tch; there is a statement to this effect in my paper, the pr⟨o⟩of of which I have received & returned; it is proposed to make c⟨er⟩tain omissions some of w⟨hich⟩ I much regret, but I had no other choice but to consent as otherwise the paper would not be published in the Proceedings1
I do not see “Nature” & shall greatly value a copy with ⟨you⟩r ⟨re⟩m⟨a⟩rks in2 about the ⟨ line missing⟩ my paper ⟨ line missing⟩ two ⟨le⟩tters by ⟨ line missing⟩ Hens⟨l⟩ow in ⟨the Mag⟩: of Nat: Hist for 1830 ⟨ line missing⟩ of species of Oxlip ⟨ line missing⟩ red & blue Anagalis ⟨ line missing⟩ ⟨ig⟩norant of his ⟨ line missing⟩ subject as I r⟨emember⟩ his mentioning them in ⟨ ⟩ ⟨w⟩hen I attended his B⟨ota⟩ny lectures at Cambridge but on reading his letters it ⟨s⟩truck me my idea about the two forms of goose was only extending the Prof’s doctrine to the animal world:—3
I am still of my old opinion that much valuable knowledge is wilfully refus⟨ed⟩ ⟨ ⟩nctory neglect of ⟨ line missing⟩ under ⟨ line missing⟩ as regar⟨ds⟩ ⟨ line missing⟩ As to variation ⟨in ani⟩mals in a state ⟨of nature⟩ you already kn⟨ow⟩ ⟨ line missing⟩ gathering together & I c⟨1/2 line missing⟩ that your lo⟨ ⟩ ⟨ line missing⟩ work may so⟨ line missing⟩ appearance; th⟨ ⟩ ⟨ line missing⟩ some relation bet⟨ween animals⟩ in a wild state & u⟨nder domes⟩tication:—
With ki⟨n⟩d r⟨e⟩g⟨ards⟩ | Believe me | yrs truly | FB Goodacre
Footnotes
Bibliography
Goodacre, Francis Burges. 1879. On the question of the identity of species of the common domestic and the Chinese goose. [Read 18 November 1879.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1879): 710–12.
Henslow, John Stevens. 1830a. On the specific identity of the primrose, oxlip, cowslip, and polyanthus. Magazine of Natural History 3: 406–9.
Henslow, John Stevens. 1830b. On the specific identity of Anagállis arvénsis and cærùlea. Magazine of Natural History 3: 537–8.
Kohn, David, et al. 2005. What Henslow taught Darwin. Nature, 4 August 2005, pp. 643–5.
Summary
The hybrid geese FBG sent to CD were brother and sister from the same hatch. Would greatly value a copy of Nature containing CD’s letter.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12346
- From
- Francis Burges Goodacre
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Attleborough, Norfolk
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 69
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12346,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12346.xml
