From:
Jane Loring Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Feb 1870
Source of text:
DAR 80: 162–3
Summary:
About a dog she supposes was suckled by a cat, since it washes its face with its paws.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
About a dog she supposes was suckled by a cat, since it washes its face with its paws.
Louis Agassiz’s ill health means AG will not get an answer to CD’s query from him. Suggests CD ask Agassiz’s son, Alexander.
Has no details about the origin of the cat-like behaviour of his dog.
Draws CD’s attention to a paper by Maurice Girard containing observations on the fertilisation of Orchidaceae by two species of Longicornia [Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 9 (1869): xxxi–xxxii].
Is satisfied with the alteration he made in the lease and his bankers will be forwarding the premium. Thanks for the photograph of the contrivance for the ladder.
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