To Albert Günther   14 June [1873]

Dear Günther

I observed your statement in the Annals, but I am not the less obliged to you for informing me.—¹ Sidney Smith used to tell Francis Horner that he looked so good a man that he might commit any crime & no Jury would convict him;² & I feel the same about your accuracy; you might make half-a-dozen slips & I sh^d. always maintain that you were the most accurate of men.— No one can be safe from so trifling an error as that about the frogs.—

I hope Phrynosoma will flourish; do you keep it in a greenhouse or Hot-house; I observe that such places suit toads excellently; but as I write it occurs to me (?) that Phrynosoma is a Lizard— I never heard of the odd statement which you make about its eyes.—³

Yours most sincerely | Ch. Darwin