From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22–3 Aug 1855
Source of text:
DAR 98: A79–A84
Summary:
Gives extracts from a letter by Thomas Hutton.
Rabbits are kept (generally by Europeans) in the NW. provinces and breed freely. Canaries are not well adapted to the climate. Reports on domestic cats and pigeons of the area. EB gives references to further information on cats, pigeons, and silkworms.
[CD’s notes are an abstract of this letter.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
