To Frank Buckland 21 March [1865]1
Down, | Bromley, | Kent. S.E.
Mar 21
My dear Sir
I have heard from Mr Pennell who enclosed your note, & have written to him to say that the state of my health rendered it impossible for me to meet him in London, but that I wd attend to any written communication.2 Whenever you can spare time, I hope you will have the great kindness to let me hear about the skin between the toes of otter hounds in comparison with other hounds.3 I can only repeat what I said before that I shd be delighted to see you here, but at the same time I am bound to state that on some days I can see no one & can never talk with any one more than for a quarter or half an hour.4
Believe me | My dear Mr Buckland | yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin.
Shall you think me very unreasonable if I ask you to give me your Photograph [on] a Carte de V.?
Footnotes
Summary
Has heard from Mr Pennell, and written to say too ill to see him. Would like to hear about skin between toes of otter hounds in comparison with other hounds.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4790F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Heritage Auctions (dealers) (8–9 April 2011)
- Physical description
- LS(A)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4790F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4790F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
