From William Thomas Bridges? 14 July [1868–70?]

Letter and/or further information available at https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13782.xml.

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13782,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13782

Summary

Asks CD what prompts dogs of all kinds to roll themselves in decayed animal matter; inherited habit or immediate gratification?

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-13782
From: William Thomas Bridges
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 14 July 1868
Date: 14 July 1869
Date: 14 July 1870
Sent from: unstated
Source of text: DAR 160: 308
Physical description: 3pp damaged

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16.