From Rosa Bullar 9 June 1868
Mrs. Bullar thinks Mr. Darwin may like to hear that a ⟨ ⟩ black retriever ⟨ ⟩ her daughter’s1 al⟨ways⟩ burrows before she has her puppies altho she has a comfortable kennel & plenty of hay given to her & she always keeps them in the hole she makes for some time tho in bad weather she has allowed herself & pup⟨pies to⟩ be moved into the kennel after a few days—
Mrs Bullar writes this in ⟨co⟩nsequence of seeing the⟨se⟩ facts noticed in Mr. Darwin’s very interesting book as of rare occurrence—2 if Mr. Darwin cared to see the dog or hear more about it Mrs. Bullar would be happy to let him know when she was likely to burrow again—
Bassett Wood— | Southampt⟨on⟩
9th. June 1868—
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Reports case of black retriever that always burrows in earth before giving birth and keeps pups in hole thereafter. CD’s book says this habit rare.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6237
- From
- Rosa Follett/Rosa Bullar
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Basett Wood
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 373
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp † damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6237,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6237.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
