To John Innes 11 September [1860]
Down Bromley Kent
Sept. 11th
Dear Innes.
I am very sorry to say that I fear we shall not see you when you come to Keston,1 for we have almost made up our minds to be off next week to sea-side for a month to see what the change will do for Etty,—though I have not much hope.
Your account of the Donkey has interested me much & would you be so kind as to have another look at it & observe whether its eyes are pink; but as you say it is rather cream-coloured than white, it probably is not an albino.— Did the owner rear it; if so please ask him whether it was born of same colour & had then no stripes.— Anytime will do for an answer.—2
I am sorry to hear about your house difficulties.3
Dear Innes | Ever yours very truly | C. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Going to sea-side for Etty’s health.
Asks JBI further questions about a striped donkey he had reported to CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2912
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Brodie Innes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2912,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2912.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8