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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[12 October 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 30
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Darwin Family Letters
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CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".
Concerned about ED’s headaches, CD writes an affectionate letter.
Believes he has found a rare slave-making species of ant.
Is reading novels: Beneath the surface and Three chances.