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From J. V. Carus 14 November 1871
Summary
News of progress of German editions of Origin
and Descent.
Asks CD for references on chabius – a Chilean hybrid of goat and sheep.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8067 |
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- … E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung . On the second edition or reprint of the German translation of Descent (Carus trans. 1871–2), see the letter to J. V. Carus, 8 October [1871] and n. 6. In Histoire naturelle générale des règnes organiques , Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire described the breeding of goat and sheep hybrids on an industrial scale in Chile, where they were called ‘pellones’ ( Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1854–62 , 3: 162–3). The hybrids were also referred to in Haeckel 1866 , …
