To A. R. Wallace 13 March [1871]
Down, Beckenham, Kent.
March 13th.
Will you send me a card telling me whether the Bugis are Malays—1 I suppose (as they speak a distinct language) they form at least a distinct subtribe from the Malays of Malacca.—2 Mr F. Geach speaks sometimes of Malays & sometimes of Bugis.—3
C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
OED: The Oxford English dictionary. Being a corrected re-issue with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1970. A supplement to the Oxford English dictionary. 4 vols. Edited by R. W. Burchfield. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1972–86. The Oxford English dictionary. 2d edition. 20 vols. Prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1989. Oxford English dictionary additional series. 3 vols. Edited by John Simpson et al. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1993–7.
Summary
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7579A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- MR 13 | 71
- Source of text
- English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7579A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7579A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
