From George King 21 November 1881
Government Cinchona Plantation, | Mungpoo, near Darjeeling,
21 Novem 1881.
My dear Sir,
I beg to offer you my best thanks for the copy of your delightful book on Earthworms which you were so kind as to send me.1 The reading of it has set me to observe worms here. And, as they may still be of interest to you, I am now collecting specimens of the kinds that occur in this part of the Himalaya (Sikkim). These I hope to despatch to you after I return to Calcutta (a week or two hence) as I have not the means of packing them properly here. I shall also send you a few notes about the specimens.
I am delighted to find, from your kind letter of 21st October, just received, that the drawing of dischidia interested you so much. I am sure the specimen itself must interest you more, & I trust it reached you in good condition.2 I wish I could see Dischidia growing wild & so have an opportunity of observing its habits & those of the insects that frequent the pitchers. Poor J Scott & I did our best to keep alive a plant sent from Eastern Bengal to the Bot Garden Calcutta, but we utterly failed.3
Believe me to be | Yrs very sincerely | George King
Charles Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Summary
Thanks for Earthworms.
Glad CD liked the Dischidia drawing. GK wishes he could see it in the wild to study its habits and those of the insects that visit it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13498
- From
- George King
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Government Cinchona Plantation, Darjeeling
- Source of text
- DAR 169: 24
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13498,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13498.xml