To W. B. Dawkins 14 July [1869]1
[Caerdeon, Barmouth.]
Mr. dear Mr. Dawkins,
I know from your great paper on the glacial remains how much you are interested about cave animals.2 I have just heard from one of the Lloyds of Rhaggatt that a fissure has been opened in a limestone quarry, full of bones and teeth.3 The Rhaggatt estate lies between Ruthie & Llangollen. Some specimens including small jaws have been sent to me, & if you will give me your address by return of post I will send you by Railway or Post all the specimens or a few teeth & jaws, by which you will be able to judge whether the case is worth investigating. The bones are said to resemble in appearance those from the Cefn cave.4
The post is going immediately so that I can say no more at present. | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Browne, Janet. 1995. Charles Darwin. Voyaging. Volume I of a biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Lucas, Peter. 2007. Charles Darwin, ‘little Dawkins’ and the platycnemic Yale men: introducing a bioarchaeological tale of the descent of man. Archives of Natural History 34: 318–45.
Summary
Knows Dawkins interested in cave animals; has just heard from a Lloyd of Rhaggatt that a fissure has opened full of bones and teeth. Will send some.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6857F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Boyd Dawkins
- Source of text
- Skinner, Inc. (dealers) (15 November 2009)
- Physical description
- LS(A)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6857F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6857F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)