To W. B. Tegetmeier   23 August [1856]1

Down Bromley Kent

Aug 23d.

My dear Sir

I shall be particularly glad of the Victoria Runt for skeleton & measurement.:2 will you send it exactly thus addressed per Coach diag Ch. Darwin Esqe

care of Mr Acton

Post office

Bromley

Kentramme

Will you enclose a bit of paper telling me where I could send in London in a fortnight or 3 weeks time the 2 Scanderoons, which seem to me very fine Birds.3 Our Carrier leaves every Wednesday night, & wd deliver pretty early the Birds anywhere in London on the Thursday morning.— I will not send them off till quite strong, & wd. advise you of their going.—

About what age is your dead Runt?

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
Dated by the relationship to the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 August [1856] and [15–22 August 1856].
2
Tegetmeier’s letter has not been found. He had apparently told CD that the proportions of the Victoria runt would be of significance to him. See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [15–22 August 1856].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 & measurement. 1.2] interl
2.5 , & wd. advise you of their going—] added; ‘, & wd.’ over ‘—’
3.1 About] ‘A’ over illeg

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1943,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1943