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To H. M. Wallis   31 March 1881

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Encourages HMW’s study of growth of hair on ears. Recommends he publish findings in Nature.

Comments on facts about goatsucker and dorkings.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Marriage Wallis
Date:  31 Mar 1881
Classmark:  DAR 148: 280
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13102
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John Lort Stokes

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John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position.  After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…

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  • … on the coast fronting the barrier reef?’ (Stokes 1846 1: 331) Stokes spent his final …