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RECORD: Darwin, William Erasmus; Emma Darwin. [1881.09.]. Extract from a letter of William to Sara. CUL-DAR210.3.23. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

This is likely the letter Emma enclosed in her letter to George on 28 September 1881 (CUL-DAR210.3.22).

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Extract from a letter of Wm to Sara w. she sent me ─

The walk to Bex was very beautiful, partly through chestnut groves, of which I am so fond; & the evening lights made every thing look so lovely.

My guide was a very nice fellow & we talked about Cannes & the Republic of Turin ─ he apparently read his newspapers very carefully

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This is a grand wild spot. The Hotel is on a bleak promontory of rock overlooking the glacier which winds below one; far below one sees on the opposite side of the Rhone valley the Semplon road winding up the hills. I find something fascinating about the stillness & desolation & grand scale of the mountains & glaciers —

I went to see Tyndall & sat

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there 1/2 an hr & found him very pleasant. I go to lunch tomorrow at 12.30 ─

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