From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
13 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 143: 435
Summary:
Pleased about sale and new issue [of Descent]. Discusses presentation copies.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Pleased about sale and new issue [of Descent]. Discusses presentation copies.
Believes he has committed an oversight with regard to sexual selection in insects. Cites conclusions of B. T. Lowne, which are similar to GBM’s.
Thanks BJS for his interesting letter about parrots and language.
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
Is looking for an observer for a newly-mounted telescope in India for the December 1871 eclipse. Would JH's son John be available?
Regarding a reflector for observation of the forthcoming eclipse.