From:
John Medows Rodwell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 June 1877
Source of text:
DAR 176: 190
Summary:
Sends extract abusing CD, from a sermon by a Greek priest.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Sends extract abusing CD, from a sermon by a Greek priest.
Observations on his white blue-eyed cat. There is no sign of deafness.
Apropos of ch. 5 of Origin, tells of blind rats found when a Roman bridge was excavated.
Discusses Origin, suggesting confirmation might come from studying reproduction in microscopic organisms.
Gives anecdotal observations of blind rats and white cats.
Has read Variation and reports on markings on donkeys similar to those in vol. 1, p. 63.