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From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 22 Feb 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 166: 167
Summary:

Sends information from a Kent sheep-breeder.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Jacques Moulinié
Date:
22 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, ff. 9–10)
Summary:

Thanks JJM for translating long paper [by Carrière, J. Agric. Pratique 48 (1869): 159–67]. Paper interesting especially for showing variation has been different under different conditions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 168
Summary:

Asks CD for references to animal breeders in order to test the hypothesis that mimicry arises through direct action of mental impressions received through the sense of sight.

Supports natural selection and Pangenesis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 171: 364
Summary:

There will be no objection to the French translation or difficulty about woodcuts of Orchids.

Has not yet received the information about Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Date:
[22 Feb 1869]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 200)
Summary:

Assumes Murray will give permission for French translation of Orchids; asks that stereotypes of woodcuts be supplied at cost, since if expensive the work will not appear.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project