WCP4103

Postcard (WCP4103.4092)

[1]

[Holly House

Tanner St.,

Barking,

Essex.]1

[15 March 1871]2

Bugis3 are typical Malays, both physically & mentally, & were it not for difference of language could hardly be separated. The two languages are very different though of the same family.4

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2] Charles Darwin, F.R.S. | Down | Beckenham | Kent5

1
Address conjectured from other letters by ARW around this date.
2
Postmarked Beckenham MR15 [18]71.
3
A people of the island of Celebes (now Sulawesi) east of Borneo. [Wikipedia. Sulawesi. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi#History> [accessed 19 Oct. 2019].
4
This is in reply to a query from CD on March 13, [1871]. See Darwin Correspondence Project, Letter no. 7579A. <https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-7579A.xml> [accessed on 19 October 2019].
5
Address in ARW's hand on the front of the postcard.

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Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-10-01] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2019-12-20]

Transcription (WCP4103.4493)

[1]

Post Card to C. Darwin. Dated March 13th. 1871

Bugis1 are typical Malays both physically & mentally, & were it not for difference of language could hardly be separated. The two lang[1 letter illeg.] languages are very different though of the same family.

Alfred R. Wallace2 [signature]

1
Bugis are an Austronesian ethnic group, many of whom moved into Malaysia during a diaspora from their homeland in the southwest peninsula of Sulawesi.
2
This was likely ARW’s signature in the original letter; however, the letter used to create this transcript was itself a typed transcript of the original.

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Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP4103.4493)]

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Transcribed by Watkins Sophia [2012-08-17] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Transcription (WCP4103.5067)

[1]1

Post Card to C. Darwin. dated March 13th 1871

Bugis are typical Malays both physically and mentally, & were it not for differences of language could hardly be separated. The two langu languages are very different though of the same family.

Alfred R. Wallace

1
A page number with strikethrough "(1)" is given at the top centre of the page.

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Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP4103.5067)]

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Transcribed by Lo, Yen-Nyuk [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP4103,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 10 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4103