To J. D. Hooker [before 7 May 1869]1
With Sclavonic races, (or indeed in any other race as Dutch) is the beard often of a different tint from the hair on the head; & when it differs, is it lighter in tint? or generally reddish?
C. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 June 1869, and by the date of Hooker’s departure for Russia, 7 May 1869 (see L. Huxley ed. 1918, 2: 85; see also letter from J. D. Hooker, 11 March 1869 and n. 4).
Summary
Asks whether in Slavonic races the hair of the beard and head are different colours.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6731
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 133
- Physical description
- ALS 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6731,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6731.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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