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From Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin   [18 September 1880]

Turin.

Sat.

This is only a line to show you that we are alive. We get back to Cam. on the 23rd.1 We have a delightful day today   We went up to the top of a hill 2555 ft. above the sea & found lots of worm castings, & had a delightful panarama of the town.2 We tramwayed to the bottom of the hill & walked up & trammed back. Then we saw a steam tram—imagine my excitement—& we went a long way in it, it was v. nice. Now we are going to dine at a cafe

H. D.

To Emma Darwin

ApcS

Postmark: 18 9 80

CD annotations

1.1 This … today 1.2] crossed pencil
1.2 a hill] ‘probably Superga’ added above pencil
1.3 worm castings] closing square bracket pencil
1.3 & had … cafe 1.6] crossed pencil
1
Horace and Ida were on their honeymoon tour in the Alps; see letter from Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [3 September 1880] (DAR 219.1: 138), and letter from F. M. Balfour, 13 September 1880. Cam.: Cambridge.
2
CD discussed worm-castings at high altitude, including hills near Turin, in Earthworms, p. 12.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12717,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12717