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DCP-LETT-5351

From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Jan [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 116
Summary:

Asks CD for memorandum giving his opinion on a proposal to move the site of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Gives details of the position, the physical character and the climate of the present site to show how desirable a move would be.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5352

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott
Date:
[after 8 Jan 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 116v
Summary:

Supports relocating the Calcutta Botanic Garden to a site near the Himalayas.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6160

From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 118
Summary:

Replies to CD’s query on expression of emotions.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6226F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott
Date:
3 June 1868
Source of text:
Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68–9
Summary:

As JS’s powers of observation seem to exist in all lines, CD begs further information from him and [H. N. B.] Erskine about the natives’ expressions of indignation, affirmation, and negation. The movements of the eyebrows and forehead of a girl in violent grief are of particular interest.

Do sub-breeds of pigeons exist in India as in Europe, but not in England? If so, what is the colour of the plumage in males and females at different stages of development?

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