From:
Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 19–20
Summary:
Referring to CD’s passage on monkeys’ acquiring taste for tea, coffee, and tobacco, AN tells of three monkeys he kept in Australia that developed strong taste for rum and smoking tobacco without being taught in any way [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 7 n.].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
