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To ?   5 December 1872

Down,| Beckenham, Kent.

Dec 5. ’72

Dear Sir,

I am much obliged for Your note & reference, but hardly know what to think of this statement about the Watering mouth.1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
In Expression, pp. 75, 341, 344, CD had referred to increased salivation in the case of a hungry man faced with tempting food, and by the thought and taste of sour fruit.

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