To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1844]1
Down. Bromley Kent
Saturday night.
My dear Sir
I hope you will excuse me troubling you again, I have heard through a friend2 from Ehrenberg, that he wants some earth from the Galapagos to hunt for Infusoria,3 & he suggests that perhaps a little may hang to the roots,—I fear not, but would you kindly look, & if you can shake any off, send it me.— Ehrenberg further is anxious for any earth or more especially peat from T. del. Fuego or the Falkland Islands.— I had specimens of peat, showing the process of its formation, by plants like Astelia &c &c, I do not know whether they were sent to you— I fear they are probably lost,—but I daresay a little peaty earth could be shaken off some of the little peat-loving plants of T. del. Fuego.—
I know you will not grudge some little trouble for so great a naturalist as Ehrenberg.
Pray believe me | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
C. G. Ehrenberg would like some earth from Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falklands; wishes to hunt for Infusoria.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-733
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 114: 4
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 733,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-733.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3