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From:
Hodder Michael Westropp
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 90: 38–9
Summary:

Anecdote of bear reasoning [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 76].

Similarity of forms of ornamentation and implements in widely separate races and ages [Descent 1: 233].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hodder Michael Westropp
Date:
22 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 350
Summary:

Case of the reasoning bear is analogous to the elephant blowing with trunk to bring object within reach.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hodder Michael Westropp
Date:
7 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Summary:

"Please accept my thanks for your kind present of your two Papers."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project