To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 26 May 1855]
If any of your readers could obtain for me some eggs of the Lacerta agilis,1 I should be greatly obliged. Lizards are most widely distributed, and I want to ascertain whether the eggs will float in sea-water, and, if so, whether they will retain their vitality. A reward of a few shillings (which I would gladly repay as well as postage) offered to schoolboys, would perhaps get these eggs in the proper districts collected. Ch. Darwin, Downe, 2 Farnborough, Kent.
Summary
Will be obliged if any reader can provide eggs of lizard Lacerta agilis. Wants to ascertain whether they float in sea-water. Offers reward of a few shillings to boys for collecting.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1686A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Gardeners’ Chronicle
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no. 21, 26 May 1855, p. 360
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1686A,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1686A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5