From:
William Aitchison
To:
George Cupples
Date:
25 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 86: A63–4
Summary:
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
No summary available.
Number of lambs born not kept. Counted only at time of castration.
Proportion of sexes in cattle and rats.
No summary available.
Testimonial letter for ERL, praising his ability, knowledge, and zeal for science.
On butterfly scales: there are many secondary characters which baffle conjecture.
Was forced to make additions to Origin as short as possible.