To Roland Trimen 13 November [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 13th
My dear Mr Trimen
I write one line to say how sorry I am not to see you before your return to the Cape, which I presume will be soon. But I cannot get my head steady enough to see anyone. I have just returned from a visit to my sister for a week, but I was forced to spend nearly all the day in my bed-room.—2
I read with much interest some little time ago your paper on geographical Distribution of Beetles; & agreed, I believe, with all your general remarks.—3
I wish you all success in your future researches & remain | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
If on the point of starting do not trouble yourself to answer this.—
Footnotes
Summary
Regrets he is too unwell to see RT before his departure for the Cape; wishes him well.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8064
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Roland Trimen
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 72)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8064,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8064.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
