Mrs. Bullar thinks Mr. Darwin may like to hear that a ⟨ ⟩ black retriever ⟨ ⟩ her daughter’s1 al⟨ways⟩ burrows before she has her puppies altho she has a comfortable kennel & plenty of hay given to her & she always keeps them in the hole she makes for some time tho in bad weather she has allowed herself & pup⟨pies to⟩ be moved into the kennel after a few days—
Mrs Bullar writes this in ⟨co⟩nsequence of seeing the⟨se⟩ facts noticed in Mr. Darwin’s very interesting book as of rare occurrence—2 if Mr. Darwin cared to see the dog or hear more about it Mrs. Bullar would be happy to let him know when she was likely to burrow again—
Bassett Wood— | Southampt⟨on⟩
9th. June 1868—
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6237,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on