From:
James Lamont, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 110–11
Summary:
JL’s views on the sexual peculiarities of the bladder-nosed seal, Cystophora cristata.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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JL’s views on the sexual peculiarities of the bladder-nosed seal, Cystophora cristata.
Describes the successful excavation of caves containing interred remains of Neolithic man.
Thanks CD for Beagle specimens donated to the Museum.
Asks for a live Helix pomatia for dissection.
RC is sure Murray would not object to printing the pamphlet [C. Wright’s Darwinism: being an examination of Mr. St. G. J. Mivart’s "Genesis of species"].
After a lull in sales of Descent, a fresh demand warrants keeping type set up. Has CD seen the review of Descent in the Guardian?