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Letter from Charles Darwin to John Brodie Innes [12696]

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Darwin writes to Innes about the lichens found on the Scottish mountains. He also has news about the Hooles and mentions the burglary of High-Elms. Tr
Show moreDarwin writes to Innes about the lichens found on the Scottish mountains. He also has news about the Hooles and mentions the burglary of High-Elms. Transcription: "Aug 23 1880 Down, Beckenham, Kent Railway Station Orpington.S.E.R. My dear Innes The discovery of Barnacles of Scotlant on the [] on the mountains wd have been an extraordinary + vy interesting one, but I am sorry to say that the objects sent are not barnacles but vy hard Lichens. I do not remember to have seen any of the same kind, but I have never studied Lichens, _ they are vy perplexing bodies.- We returned on Saturday for [] where we staid a week with Horace + his charming little wife; + we enjoyed ourselves much, admiring the grandeur of []. Chapel + the other old [] of my early life. My wife has not seen poor Mrs [], since her return, but I daresay you have had late news of her, as Mrs [] was tellins us what a comfort to him your letters were, + that he often wrote to you. We have first had a curious scene on our lawn, [] 67 half-reformed criminals + [] boys. who have come down here for a holiday, + to each of whom I gave sixpence. Some of them had vy good faces + some are atrociously bad faces. Did you see in paper an account of a burglar at High-Elms; it was a bad one, as the burglars tried to force their way into the Butlers' pantry; he being within with no arms.- I wish I had got you [] for this []- Ever yours of [] Ch. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.
The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:ditalldar00023