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To W. H. Flower   26 February [1878]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb. 26

My dear Flower

I am coming to London for a few days change as I have had a bad time for a fortnight, & if I can will call on you.—2 I have received photograph of goose alive, from which wing taken, with another letter with further details & one important correction. I will bring these with me, but the case may turn out of no interest. Mr Blair suggests it may only be a strange coincidence.—3

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878.
2
CD was in London from 27 February to 5 March 1878; he noted in his journal next to the dates of the visit ‘on account of Giddiness’ (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
3
See letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878 and n. 1. The photograph and the letter from Reuben Almond Blair have not been found. CD was investigating the supposed inheritance of the effects of an injury to a goose.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11377,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11377