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To J. D. Hague   25 April [1873]1

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

April 25

My dear Sir

I have thought that you would like to see the enclosed note from Mr.  Moggridge (a botanist who has studied and published on the habits of ants) about your very interesting paper which was gladly published by the Editor of Nature.2 Possibly you might be induced to attend to the suggestion by Mr. Moggridge.

I hope that your health is quite reestablished3 and I remain | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter and the letter to J. D. Hague, 3 April [1873].
2
The note from John Traherne Moggridge has not been found. Moggridge’s book Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders (Moggridge 1873) contained observations on ants collecting and storing seeds. CD had sent Hague’s account of ant behaviour to Nature (see second letter to Nature, [before 3 April 1873] and n. 2).
3
Hague had made his observations while recovering from a long illness (second letter to Nature, [before 3 April 1873]).

Bibliography

Moggridge, John Traherne. 1873. Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders: notes and observations on their habits and dwellings. London: L. Reeve & Co.

Summary

Encloses note from J. T. Moggridge commenting on JDH’s letter ["Perception in ants", Nature 7 (1873): 443–4].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8881
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
James Duncan Hague
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 144: 395
Physical description
C 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8881,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8881.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21

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