To Alfred Newton 6 April [1864]
Down Bromley | Kent.
Ap 6
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your kind note.1 After removing the earth I washed the leg I sat down to dissect it but found myself too weak, & then I am very sorry to say I threw it away, for it never occurred to me that you or any one else cared for a critical examination of the cause of the injury.2
I assure you that I regret extremely but the evil is now irremediable.
My dear Sir | yours truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
In his letter of 2 April 1864, Newton had thanked CD for his investigation of the lump of clay that was attached to a red-legged partridge’s foot, and asked that the foot be returned for an examination of the original injury.
Summary
CD has thrown away injured partridge’s foot.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4453
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Newton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/55)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4453,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4453.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
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