From Amy Ruck 15 March [1872]1
Pantlludw, Machynlleth.
March 15th.
Dear Mr. Darwin
I am very sorry that I am unable to tell you anything about the ledges, as hitherto we have failed to discover any appearance of what you describe— The steep slopes here are perfectly smooth, & it is difficult to imagine any change taking place in them, as worm-casting are rarely to be seen on the hills.2
Thanking you for your letter I am | Your’s sincerely | Amy Ruck
CD annotations
Top of letter: ‘(Worms)’ blue crayon
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Amy Ruck, 24 February [1872].
CD had asked for a drawing of ledges that might have been formed by the washing down of worm-castings (see letter to Amy Ruck, 24 February [1872]).
Summary
Has failed to discover the signs of earthworm activity that CD described.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8243
- From
- Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Machynlleth
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 223
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8243,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8243.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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