From:
Frederick King
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Mar 1879
Source of text:
DAR 169: 20
Summary:
Cattle and sheep varieties removed from their native soils degenerate rapidly.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Cattle and sheep varieties removed from their native soils degenerate rapidly.
Regrets she has none of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s letters. Relates some anecdotes concerning her grandfather.
Notes and a copy of a letter written by ESG to John Dowson of Whitby. Expresses her opinion of the biographies of Erasmus Darwin written by Mrs Schimmelpenninck and Anna Seward.
Sends his photograph as requested.