From:
David Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 11 Dec 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 150
Summary:
Glacial action in the Andes.
Origin of Chilean sheep.
Varieties of S. American horses.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.
Encourages Forbes to publish his geological observations on Chile.
Any notes on idea of human beauty by natives who have little association with Europeans would interest CD.
Also influence of females on males’ choice.
Sends copy of Queries about expression.
Asks for DF’s observations on the Aymara Indians for use in writing manuscript [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 34–5].