To Arthur Nicols [8–10 March 1871]1
[Down.]
The facts which you relate about the phascolarctos are very surprising, and I will carefully preserve your note for use on some future occasion.2
Footnotes
The date range is established by the relationship between this letter and the letters from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 and 11 March 1871 (Correspondence vol. 19).
See Correspondence vol. 19, letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871. Nicols had written about pet koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) that acquired a taste for tobacco and rum.
Summary
The information about the phascolarctos [koala] is very surprising, and he will preserve AM’s note.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7555F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
- Source of text
- , p. 74
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7555F,” accessed on 20 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7555F.xml
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