Glacial action in the Andes.
Origin of Chilean sheep.
Varieties of S. American horses.
Showing 1–8 of 8 items
Glacial action in the Andes.
Origin of Chilean sheep.
Varieties of S. American horses.
Blushing in South American Indians.
Hairlessness of Aymaras and Quechuas. [See Descent 2: 322–3.]
DF’s opinion of Gustav Jenzsch’s book [Mikroskopische Flora und Fauna (1868)]. Encloses extract of a letter from Ferdinand Zirkel also mentioning Jenzsch’s work.
Has completed a memoir on the Aymara Indians of Bolivia [J. Ethnol. Soc. n.s. 2 (1870): 193–305] and is going to lecture on them.
Believes he has data relevant to CD’s work on man.
Would much like CD to contribute a note for insertion after his paper on Aymara Indians.
Thanks for copy of Descent.
Effect of turf covering on the disintegration of rocks. Weathering of rock; relative importance of different agents with different rocks.
Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.