To Robert Ball 25 March [1848]
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Cannot give information about hook. Fuegian women fish without hooks.
Robert Mallet’s suggestion about space for specimens on board men-of-war forwarded to Sir J. Herschel.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Ball |
Date: | 25 Mar [1848] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows' Papers 54.i) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1165 |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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Journal of researches
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