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To William Pengelly   19 March [1873]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [16 Montague Street, London.]

March 19th.

My dear Sir

I am much obliged to you for so kindly sending me the very curious account of the sagacity of Dogs.— I can believe almost any thing about them. You must forgive me for differing from you on one point, when you call yourself “an almost entire stranger”, for I at least have a lively & very pleasant remembrance of seeing you some dozen years ago at Torquay.—2

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from William Pengelly, 17 March 1873.
2
See letter from William Pengelly, 17 March 1873; CD had met Pengelly when the Darwins were staying in Torquay in July 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to Charles Lyell, 20 July [1861]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8817,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8817