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To Francis Galton   9 August [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Aug. 9th | Friday.

My dear Galton

I telegraphed to you this morning about the Rabbit. Our confounded carrier suddenly changed his day & goes up to night, perhaps he will bring the rabbit tomorrow evening2 If it does not then come I do not know how it had better be sent; if by Railway, I may not perhaps hear when it arrives at Orpington. Next week Snow will go up to the Nags Head on Wednesday night.—3

Ever yours | C. Darwin

1
This letter was previously published from a dealer’s catalogue in Correspondence vol. 20; the transcription here is from the original. The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Galton, 1 August [1872] (Correspondence vol. 20).
2
CD was taking care of rabbits that Galton was using in transfusion experiments (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to Francis Galton, 1 August [1872] and n. 1). In 1872, 9 August was a Friday; CD had told Galton that the carrier (George Snow) left London on Thursday morning.
3
The Nag’s Head, an inn in Borough, south-east London, was Snow’s London terminus.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8461,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8461