From F. T. Buckland   6 April [1868]1

Salmon Fisheries Office, | 4, Old Palace Yard, | Westminster, S. W.

April 6.

Dear Mr Darwin.

I beg to send you the report of the Salmon Fisheries with compts of self & Walpole2

I should very much like to have your opinion on my “Close season” Chapter.3

Hoping you are better | Yours ever | Frank Buckland

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from F. T. Buckland, 27 February 1868.
Buckland refers to The seventh annual report of the inspectors of salmon fisheries (England and Wales) (Buckland and Walpole 1868), and to Spencer Walpole. The enclosure has not been found.
In his letter of 27 February 1868, Buckland had promised CD a copy of his ‘official report on “Close seasons’”. See Buckland and Walpole 1868, pp. 52–3.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6096,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6096