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From E. A. Floyer   [after 22 September 1878?]1

Translation2

Waterbuffalo eating indian corn drowned by inundation   nose below water to within an inch of his eye.

Consecutive seconds
Underwater above
10 15
15 17
20 15
15 10
60 Men went away 57

In 1 min 57 sec he was 1 min under water.

corn is under water two months3

That which shews above the surface is eagerly eaten by the cows and donkeys.

The land shelves down gradually so that the Buffalo who had the longest nose or who could hold his breath longest would get most food. In a time of starvation, as when all their land is under water this would be all important

[Ennery Esq]

[Enclosure]4

ر س طلع / شرق

١ ٠

طلع / شرق / طلع / شرق / طلع

شرق / طلع / شرق / طلع

شر طلع

٢ ٠

٣ ٤٣

1
The date is conjectured from the relationship between the letter sent with this enclosure and the letter from E. A. Floyer, 22 September 1878, which seems to have been Floyer’s first letter to CD. The attribution of the letter to Floyer is based on the handwriting.
2
The source of the text is unknown.
3
Before the opening of the Aswan dam in 1902, the lower Nile used to flood for as much as three months from late summer (EB s.v. Nile).
4
For a translation of this enclosure, see Appendix I.

From E. A. Floyer   [after 22 September 1878?]1

[Enclosure]2

R S rise / East

1 0

Rise / East / Rise / East / Rise

East / Rise / East / Rise

Ea Rise

2 0

3 34

1
The date is conjectured from the relationship between the letter sent with this enclosure and the letter from E. A. Floyer, 22 September 1878, which seems to have been Floyer’s first letter to CD. The attribution of the letter to Floyer is based on the handwriting.
2
For a transcription of this enclosure in its original Arabic, see p. 393.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11703,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11703