From George Cupples 11 March 1869
Summary
Differences in size and weight in deerhounds, with tables of comparative weights according to sex. Promises information on weights of deerhound puppies. Effects of cross- and inbreeding.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 133–8, DAR 161: 282 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6657 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 3 — 10 12 weight comparative of N o . 1 bitch in (A). N o 1 bitch weighed 57 lbs. height …
- … Dogs { N o . 1 — 11lbs 2oz 6 when fully 7 weeks old 2 — 11 12 3 — 10 10 …
- … old, weighed along with the dog-puppies 7 weeks old N o 1 — 13 lbs (B) 2 — 12 lbs 10 oz …
- … 4 — 10 6* Bitches { N o . 1 — 8 8 2 — 7 12 3 — 4 2* At the same time with these were being …
- … 5— 13 N o 3 — 2— 12* Weight on evening of Dogs { N o 1. — 9— 6oz 3 June 10 th N o 2 — 9— 4 …
- … 2 3 — 10 6 1 4 4 — 10 6* Bitches { N o 1 — 7 1 2 oz 2 — 7 3 4 3 — 3 12* Weight July 2 d . …
From James Rait to George Cupples 20 July 1869
Summary
Responds to questions about sex ratios at birth and mortality in either sheep or cattle.
| Author: | James Rait |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 20 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: 70–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6838F |
To George Cupples 20 November [1869]
Summary
Thanks GC for his assistance. "The data for all that I have to say about the Scotch deer-hound are, owing to you, almost sufficient; and much better data than I have got in many other cases." [See Descent 2: 260.]
Believes Dr Stirling would be compelled to admit some change in "the famous protoplasm in our domestic races, both in regard to the structure of the body & qualities of the mind".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 4127 II, 4to) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7000 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Rait, James | (1) |
Addressee
| Cupples, George | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Date
| 1869 | (3) |
