From T. C. Eyton 26 January [1869]¹

Eyton, | Wellington, | Salop.

Dear Darwin

The fawns have no horns for the first 12 months after they are droped they then grow short ones and are called prickets on feeling the head of a dead fawn about Xmas a slight knob is to be felt²

yours truly | Tho C Eyton

Jan 26

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to T. C. Eyton, 24 January 1869.

See letter to T. C. Eyton, 24 January 1869 and n. 4. In Descent 1: 288 n. 24, CD cited Eyton for information on the appearance of horns in fallow deer.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6578,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6578