To ?   30 July [1872–4]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 30th

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your kindness in having taken the trouble to communicate to me the singular colouring of the eyes of the Shepherd dogs.

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

The year range is established by the printed stationery, with the address in the centre; CD used this type of notepaper from January 1872 until November 1874.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8438,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8438