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To A. D. Bartlett   20 September [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Sept. 20

My dear Sir

I thank truly for your letter & trouble which you have taken for me.—2 When at the Z. Gardens, if you can ascertain, or observe whether any goose sifts the water, as well as uses its beak for tearing, I sh. be greatly obliged by being allowed to quote you.—3 I hope that I may hear from your son.4

Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. D. Bartlett, 19 September 1871.
3
Bartlett was the superintendent of the Zoological Society of London’s gardens at Regent’s Park.
4
Bartlett’s son was Edward Bartlett.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7952,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7952