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From John Innes1   [before 6 April 1861]2

with spiteful little savages. I think a bee never gets his sting withdrawn from human skin. I have often been stung and not touched them and the sting, if really inserted, has always remained behind. ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ withdraw the sting with no difficulty—

We have only three weeks now to remain in these comfortable quarters. We shall go with much regret  3 We have made some plans. ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ I do

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CD annotations

1.1 I think … skin. 1.2] double scored pencil, brown crayon; ‘(Rev J. Innes)’ written over text, pencil
1.2 I have … behind. 1.3] scored brown crayon, square bracket added at end, pencil
2.1 We have … plans. 2.2] crossed pencil
1
The identity of the correspondent is given by CD’s annotation.
2
Dated by the relationship to the letter from John D. Glennie Jr, 6 April 1861.
3
Innes, having been unable to secure accommodation in Down village the previous year, was living elsewhere (see Correspondence vol. 8, letters to John Innes, 18 July [1860], 6 September [1860], 11 September [1860], and 28 December [1860]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3074,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3074