From George Maw 9 January 1869
Benthall Hall, | nr. Broseley.
Jany 9th. 69
Dear Sir
I am looking forward to visiting Gibraltar. Tangiers & Tetuan & if I find it tolerably safe shall try & get as far south as Mount Anna (20 miles S of Tetuan & 7219 feet high) for the purpose of collecting plants & examining the geology. I also hope to visit the district N of Malaga.1
I write this to say that if there is anything in the parts I am about to visit about which I can collect information that will be of use to you (as to local breeds of domesticated animals &c &c &c.) I shall be most happy to place myself at your service if you will name any points on which you require special observations (or specimens collected) I think I shall sail from Liverpool on the 3rd. of Feby & be absent Five or Six weeks.
I have taken the liberty of forwarding for the favor of yr acceptance a copy of a paper I have recently written on Ferruginous variegation.2
I am dr Sir | yrs very truly | Geo Maw
C Darwin Esqre
We have here a Tortoiseshell cat exhibiting rather curious characters Her fur is almost as long as that of the long haired Persian or French, but there is no long-haired cat in the neighbourhood the mother was a Tabby I think & all the other kittens of the same litter & succeeding litters were of the ordinary kind. If you would like to see her I shall be very happy to bring her up with me the next time I am in Town & can also ascertain all particulars as to her pedigree
Footnotes
Bibliography
Maw, George. 1868. On the disposition of iron in variegated strata. [Read 22 April 1868.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 24: 351–400.
Summary
Planning to visit Gibraltar and Morocco. Is there anything he can do for CD?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6547
- From
- George Maw
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Benthall Hall
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 102
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6547,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6547.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17