To William Pengelly 19 March [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [16 Montague Street, London.]
March 19th.
My dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for so kindly sending me the very curious account of the sagacity of Dogs.— I can believe almost any thing about them. You must forgive me for differing from you on one point, when you call yourself “an almost entire stranger”, for I at least have a lively & very pleasant remembrance of seeing you some dozen years ago at Torquay.—2
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks WP for his accounts of sagacity of dogs. "I can believe almost anything about them."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8817
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Pengelly
- Sent from
- London, Montague St, 16 Down letterhead
- Source of text
- Documenting History (dealers) (1995)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8817,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8817.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
