From R. M. Middleton 22 October 1878

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 26.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11726,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11726

Summary

Did cats and dogs become pets because they are scrupulous in the discharge of their faeces? He has a pet parakeet whose behaviour supports this view.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-11726
From: Robert Morton Middleton
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 22 Oct 1878
Sent from: West Hartlepool
Source of text: DAR 171: 178
Physical description: 4pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 26.