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From Joseph Fayrer   6 July 1874

16 Granville Place

6 July 1874

My dear Sir

I will take the earliest opportunity of trying the experiments you suggest; which so far from being superfluous are of great interest: If any other should occur to you please let me know and I will as far as possible, make them.1 I will give Dr Brunton your message the next time I see him.2

I am sending you a copy of my book on the poisonous Snakes of India to look at. Any time when you are coming to London will be time enough to return it.3 I should be gratified to know that you thought it of use— The object is set forth in the preface.4 I worked at the subject for about 4 years & thus I presented the work to the Govt of India for the benefit of the country— It is now distributed throughout great part of India & will I hope do good

Yours very truly | J. Fayrer

2
See letter to Joseph Fayrer, 4 July [1874] and nn. 5 and 6. Fayrer refers to Thomas Lauder Brunton.
3
A new, expanded edition of Fayrer’s book, Thanatophidia of India (Fayrer 1872), was published in February 1874 (Fayrer 1874; see Publishers’ circular, 2 March 1874, p. 138). CD was in London briefly for the wedding of Francis Darwin and Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874; his next visit to London was from 3 to 12 December 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
4
Fayrer wrote that the object of his book was to supply reliable information on the venomous snakes of India (Fayrer 1872, p. vii).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9534,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9534