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To W. B. Dawkins   16 January [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Jan 16th

My dear Sir

I am sorry to say that I can give no more information than that in my Book.2 The words “an early record” are those used by Youatt,3 where he mentions about the 400.— It is where I give it at p. 48 of “Cattle Their Breeds &c. Library of Useful Knowledge 1834.”4 I have generally found Youatt an accurate man, & a very sagacious one, for I knew him personally.— I am very sorry I cannot help you more.—

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. B. Dawkins, 15 January 1875.
2
Dawkins had asked CD for a reference for a remark CD had made in Variation 1: 85 about the relative size of white and dark cattle (letter from W. B. Dawkins, 15 January 1875).
4
Youatt 1834.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9819F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9819F