From T. C. Eyton 4 March 1869
Eyton, | Wellington, | Salop.
Dear Darwin
I yesterday evening forwarded to you the head of a fawn which died yesterday skin and all it was droped last june so you will see exactly the state of the1 now I have a series of horns afterwards up to eight years old, Hoping you are better than you were when last you wrote2 I remain | yours truly | Tho C Eyton
March 4 /69
CD annotations
End of letter: ‘(I presume the Fawn born in June now March 3d has no Horns.) Fallow-deer’ ink
Summary
Further observations on horns of fallow deer. Sends fawn’s head.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6641
- From
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Eyton, Wellington, Salop
- Source of text
- DAR 86: 50
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6641,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6641.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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