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From:
Charles Boner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Nov [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 238
Summary:

Gives account of inherited blindness in a family,

and observations contravening CD’s view in Variation that sheep and other domestic animals never run wild.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Boner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Dec 1869 – early Jan 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 237
Summary:

In answer to CD’s queries, relates further details about feral sheep: they are sterile when wild, but can become tame again.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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