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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
24 May [1871]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 69)
Summary:

Cannot explain why moths fly into candle flames and birds against lighthouses. Has felt it was just curiosity which attracted them.

CD does believe dogs have some sense of humour.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
27 July 1871
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 70)
Summary:

Invites RT to call on him while he is staying at Haredene.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
[22 Aug 1871]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 71)
Summary:

CD is very unwell; will be unable to see RT.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
13 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 72)
Summary:

Regrets he is too unwell to see RT before his departure for the Cape; wishes him well.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project