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From A. F. Baker   25 May 1873

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Calls CD’s attention to the fact that Huxley’s view [in Lessons in elementary physiology (1866)] of lymphatic fluid as overflow from blood supports CD’s view of secretion of tears in Expression.

Author:  Augustine FitzGerald Baker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 May 1873
Classmark:  DAR 160: 19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8921

From Arthur Nicols   25 May 1873

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Thanks to CD his candidature for the Zoological Society has been entertained.

Observed a flamingo, at the Zoological Gardens, that vomited on a bustard in answer to the latter’s harsh cries.

Author:  Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 May 1873
Classmark:  DAR 172: 61
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8922