To T. H. Farrer 2 [March 1871]
Summary
Was aware of Maine’s view but never thought of its extension to morals. Cannot avoid thinking that personal property like flint tools must have "strictly belonged to individuals as much as a bone to a dog".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 2 [Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/14a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7530 |
From James Murie 2 March 1871
Summary
Thanks for Descent.
He is "driven" from his post.
He has homologised the face muscles of cetaceans and man. Although the former do not show expression, the nose and upper lip muscles are highly developed.
| Author: | James Murie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 321 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7531 |
From W. R. Greg 2 March [1871?]
Summary
Quotes authority on the decline in height of French army recruits.
| Author: | William Rathbone Greg |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar [1871?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 149–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7532 |
From Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen 2 March 1871
Summary
Dutch translation [of Descent].
Notes about reversion.
Hermaphroditism in fishes.
Polydactylism.
| Author: | Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 21–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7533 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Greg, W. R. | (1) |
| Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, Hermanus | (1) |
| Murie, James | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Greg, W. R. | (1) |
| Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, Hermanus | (1) |
| Murie, James | (1) |
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Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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Cape of Good Hope
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'A most imposing barrier'
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