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From:
John Medows Rodwell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Oct 1860
Source of text:
DAR 47: 167–8
Summary:

Observations on his white blue-eyed cat. There is no sign of deafness.

Apropos of ch. 5 of Origin, tells of blind rats found when a Roman bridge was excavated.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Medows Rodwell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Dec 1860
Source of text:
DAR 47: 169–70
Summary:

Discusses Origin, suggesting confirmation might come from studying reproduction in microscopic organisms.

Gives anecdotal observations of blind rats and white cats.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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