To Abraham Dee Bartlett 30 January [1865]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Jan. 30th
My dear Sir
You have two rabbits of mine from Porto Santo.2 Will you be so good as to have one of them killed, taking great care that the skull & vertebræ are not broken, & sent as soon as you can, addressed,
C. Darwin Esq
Care of Down Postman
Bromley
Kent
per Rail
I shall be very much obliged if you will inform me whether you have got young from these rabbits with the females of any other breed?3
I want to beg one other favour; I want to examine under the microscope the tipped feathers of Gallus Sonneratii 4 Could you send me one or two?
Believe me my dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Notebooks: Charles Darwin’s notebooks, 1836–1844. Geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries. Transcribed and edited by Paul H. Barrett et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the British Museum (Natural History). 1987.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Orders that one of CD’s Porto Santo rabbits be killed and sent to him.
Asks whether ADB has got young from mating these with females of other breeds.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4758
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Abraham Dee Bartlett
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Joseph Bradley Murray Collection (MS 363) Box 1, folder 4)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4758,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4758.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13