2. Hesketh Crescent, | Torquay | July 24.
My dear Tyndall,
I write a single line to say that it was not of the least consequence your retaining the letter2 for as long as you liked
I shall be most happy at any time to send you the letters again, if you like to publish any passages.
We are all here idling for health-sake and enjoying the beautiful scenery and sea air.
By the way the other day at dinner we were all sticking bits of ice together by their points, marvelling at the phenomenon3 and talking of you.
Yours most sincerely | Ch. Darwin.
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24 July [1861]: the date is taken from the Darwin Correspondence Project, DCP-LETT-3217, given by reference to the Darwins’ stay in Torquay during the summer of 1861.
retaining the letter: see letter 1768, n. 2.
sticking bits of ice together by their points, marvelling at the phenomenon: see letter 1768, n. 4.
Please cite as “Tyndall1800,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on