From Francis Galton   9 April [1871]1

5 Bertie Terrace | Leamington

Easter Sunday

My dear Darwin

Yes! The carrier wd. be the best.2 Will you, if you have not already written to Fraser,3 send me a card to say day & approximate hour for the carrier to call, that I may instruct my man4 to get the rabbits ready, for him. (There is no hurry.)— They will not want to be kept apart for 2 months to come   then, the bucks shd. be separated. the does may run together, until a week before their litters. Give them plenty of play room. One square yard for each adult rabbit, is the minimum for perfect health.

Ever yrs. | F. Galton

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton to Francis Darwin, 7 April 1871. In 1871, Easter Sunday was 9 April.
2
No letter from CD has been found, but see the letter from Francis Galton to Francis Darwin, 7 April 1871. The Down carrier was George Snow.
4
Galton may refer to Thomas Bass.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7671,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7671