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To Charles Stokes   [1839 – September 1842]

Wednesday

My dear Stokes

I send you my few observations of Fungia, exactly as I made them, with merely corrections of arrangement & style: my comparisons with Actinia & Caryophyllia were written on the spot.—1 Pray be so kind as to make any improvements in style or names of parts as you think fit2

Believe me | Most truly Yours | C. Darwin 12 Upper Gower St

1
The observations referred to are in CD’s manuscript diary of observations on zoology of the places visited during the voyage, DAR 31.2: 345, ‘Tahiti’.
2
CD had consulted Stokes before sailing in the Beagle. In his list of suggestions from various naturalists, CD noted: ‘Humming birds from Juan Fernandez & every thing especially from Gallipago. Mr. Stokes’ and ‘Species of Fungias. ascertain from fleshy parts; & propagation: found in shallow water: Mr Stokes.—’ (DAR 29.3: 78). No descriptions of CD’s Fungia specimens have been found.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

point omitted after : 1.1 ‘exactly’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-478,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-478