From J. V. Carus   23 December 1877

My dear Sir

May I ask you to be so kind as to write me (if possible by return of post, as the sheet must be printed off), if on p. 435 of the 1. Vol. of the Variation under Domestication, line 9 from bottom (note not included) a few words are fallen out by mistake.

“a horse, bred by Lord Mostyn, which had previously borne a foal. by a quagga. This horse is dun with a dark stripe”.¹

I think, it ought to stand thus (or some thing like it): “a horse bred by Lord Mostyn from a mare, which had previously borne” for as it runs now, the case would not be one of the modification of the subsequent progeny by the previous male, but one of the modification of the whole bodily frame of the female animal, which you do not intend to prove in this paragraph

With my best wishes for a merry Christmas I am | Ever yours sincerely J. Victor Carus