From:
Jean Aimé Victor (Victor) de Robillard
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Feb 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 287
Summary:
The species of Mollusca at Mauritius are almost all different from those of surrounding islands, which confirms the belief that the islands were elevated from the ocean rather than separated from the continent by volcanic action.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
