Matthew Martin, Dawlish, [Devon], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

Disappointed to not see his name in "Linnean Transactions" list, which he otherwise enjoyed.

[Respecting Thomas Hoy's paper 'Account of a spinning Limax, or Slug' in "Linnean Transactions" vol 1] not surprised that a land 'Limax' should be found to spin, following his observations of marine animals of that or a neighbouring genus in moving about rock pools; believes that too many dissimilar animals have been confounded under name "insect", remarks in Latin, intends to write further on subject.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN86

From

Matthew Martin

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

22 Oct 1792

Sent from

Dawlish, Devon

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/ADD/71, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.