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To W. B. Tegetmeier   2 July [1869]1

Caerdeon Barmouth | N. Wales

July 2d

My dear Sir

I received this morning your note in which you tell me that you have kindly procured for me the eggs of Pile Games, & I have written to Down to my servants to send to the Station at once & do the best with the eggs.—2

My health became so bad that I cd. do no work at home, so we have all come here where we shall remain all this month.3

You say that you have got a good many notes for me, & I thank you most sincerely for your kindness: will you be so good as to send them here?

I congratulate you about the Crested Turkey; it will be a wonderful feat if you recover the breed.4 I suppose both sexes are crested.

I am far from well today & will write no more, except once again to thank you for your kindness.—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 30 June 1869.
3
CD was holidaying at Caerdeon, Barmouth, Wales (see ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 17, Appendix II)).
4
Tegetmeier’s information on the crested turkey was evidently in a now missing part of his letter of 30 June 1869. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 July 1869. A crested turkey had been exhibited at the Zoological Gardens, London (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter from Edward Blyth, 3 August 1868).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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