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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.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Boner
Date:
[before 8 Jan 1870]
Source of text:
Kettle ed. 1871, p. 77
Summary:

Has received [read?] CB’s two works [Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria (2d ed., 1860) and Forest creatures (1871)] and has made use of them in his present book [Descent].

CB’s descriptions of the Tyrol make CD long to be "strong and young again to ramble over the mountains".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Boner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Jan 1870
Source of text:
DAR 160: 239
Summary:

Is glad CD liked Chamois hunting [in Bavaria (1853, 1860)].

Regrets CD’s poor health.

Sends his book, Transylvania [1865].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Boner
Date:
20 Jan [1870]
Source of text:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 203–204)
Summary:

Thanks CB for Transylvania [1865].

CD’s health has declined steadily. He must now be content to read about nature as described by CB and others.

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Darwin Correspondence Project