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To Robert Ball 25 March [1848]
Summary
Cannot give information about hook. Fuegian women fish without hooks.
Robert Mallet’s suggestion about space for specimens on board men-of-war forwarded to Sir J. Herschel.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Ball |
| Date: | 25 Mar [1848] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows' Papers 54.i) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1165 |
To Robert Ball 8 June [1851]
Summary
Thanks for cast and account of cirripede [Chelonobia caretta] burrowing in turtle shell. Believes base of cirripede absorbed by bone below.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Ball |
| Date: | 8 June [1851] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows’ Papers 54.iii) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1434 |
To Robert Ball 26 May [1851]
Summary
Obliged for letter about cirripedes attached to turtles’ backs. Genus is Chelonobia, Leach. Cirripedes do not penetrate skin, but surrounding tissue grows up around them.
Asks RB to send S. American Balanus. Already has specimens from Irish coast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Ball |
| Date: | 26 May [1851] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fellows’ Papers 54.ii) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1429 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Ball, Robert …
- … r . W. Thompson’s of Belfast & several other collections for examination, I do not think it likely there would be anything new. Of the six species of Anatifa, I know of 5 as being British; & the 6 th is antarctic. With my sincere thanks. Believe me | My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin …
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| Ball, Robert | (3) |
