From R. I. Thompson 27 April 1871
Summary
About a dog that acquired habits from a cat and her kittens.
| Author: | Ralph Ingham Thompson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 113–14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7722 |
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- … From R. I. Thompson 27 April 1871 …
- … 1871 Dear Sir ‘ Descent of Man ’ page 44. In confirmation of your friends statement I beg to inform you that I have a dog of 13 years of age mixed breed or mongrel, which I brought with me from Australia— when quite young he played with a cat & her kittens and from them acquired the habit of licking his feet and cleaning his face which habit he still retains. — I have also noticed other habits such as running round and round after his tail sometimes with the end of it in his mouth, which he evidently imitated from them I am Dear Sir | Your most ob d . Servant | R I Thompson …
Author
| Thompson, R. I. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Thompson, R. I. | (1) |
Date
| 1871 | (1) |
