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From:
James Lamont, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 110–11
Summary:

JL’s views on the sexual peculiarities of the bladder-nosed seal, Cystophora cristata.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Boyd Dawkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 127
Summary:

Describes the successful excavation of caves containing interred remains of Neolithic man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Willis Clark
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 161: 153
Summary:

Thanks CD for Beagle specimens donated to the Museum.

Asks for a live Helix pomatia for dissection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project