To J. D. Hooker   [before 7 May 1869]1

With Sclavonic races, (or indeed in any other race as Dutch) is the beard often of a different tint from the hair on the head; & when it differs, is it lighter in tint? or generally reddish?

C. Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 June 1869, and by the date of Hooker’s departure for Russia, 7 May 1869 (see L. Huxley ed. 1918, 2: 85; see also letter from J. D. Hooker, 11 March 1869 and n. 4).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 as Dutch] interl

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