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From T. C. Eyton   4 March 1869

Eyton, | Wellington, | Salop.

Dear Darwin

I yesterday evening forwarded to you the head of a fawn which died yesterday skin and all   it was droped last june so you will see exactly the state of the1 now I have a series of horns afterwards up to eight years old, Hoping you are better than you were when last you wrote2 I remain | yours truly | Tho C Eyton

March 4 /69

CD annotations

End of letter: ‘(I presume the Fawn born in June now March 3d has no Horns.) Fallow-deer’ ink
1
Eyton apparently refers to the state of the animal’s horns. See CD’s annotation.
2
CD’s last extant letter to Eyton was that of 24 January 1869, but in that letter he did not refer to his health.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6641,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6641