From:
Henry Marriage Wallis
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Mar 1881
Source of text:
DAR 210.9: 15
Summary:
Reports some observations on the growth of hair on his baby son’s ears.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Reports some observations on the growth of hair on his baby son’s ears.
Comments on HMW’s discovery concerning growth of hair on human ears. Asks permission to publish fact.
Is glad CD finds his observations on hair growth on ears new and interesting.
Mentions instances in which young birds possess abilities lacking in the adult.
Encourages HMW’s study of growth of hair on ears. Recommends he publish findings in Nature.
Comments on facts about goatsucker and dorkings.