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From John Harward   22 May 1868

Chas. Darwin Esq.

Dear Sir,

I have received your letter dated the 20th. instt. & I can I have no doubt ere long obtain for you the information.1

A Clergyman a few miles from this place has for many years kept a flock of pure Merino Sheep & I will take the first opportunity of driving over to see him on the subject of your letter.2 This will I think be better than writing to him, but some professional engagements which I have on hand will preclude me from seeing him for about a week or 9 days.

I have a large flock of mountain Sheep called “Herdwicks” in Westmorland & will send you before long a few notes respecting their peculiarities if on looking over them I think them worth your consideration.

I am dear Sir | Your’s faithfully | Jno Harward

Winterfold. | Kidderminster

22 May 1868.

LS

1
CD’s letter to Harward of 20 May 1868 has not been found. CD may have asked about the horns of merino and other sheep and the time at which they developed; see Descent 1: 284, 289–90.
2
The clergyman has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6200,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6200