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From Charles Boner   25 November [1869]

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Gives account of inherited blindness in a family,

and observations contravening CD’s view in Variation that sheep and other domestic animals never run wild.

Author:  Charles Boner
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Nov [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 238
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7010

From Charles Boner   [December 1869 – early January 1870]

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In answer to CD’s queries, relates further details about feral sheep: they are sterile when wild, but can become tame again.

Author:  Charles Boner
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [Dec 1869 – early Jan 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 237
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7017

From Charles Boner   8 January 1870

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Is glad CD liked Chamois hunting [in Bavaria (1853, 1860)].

Regrets CD’s poor health.

Sends his book, Transylvania [1865].

Author:  Charles Boner
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Jan 1870
Classmark:  DAR 160: 239
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7074
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