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From William Winwood Reade [c. 8 or 9 April 1870]
Summary
Brief observations on expression in Africa.
Alexander Agassiz is a good investigator, who differs with his father on evolution.
The behaviour of women and savages is a little easier to understand than that of civilised men.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8 or 9] Apr 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7069 |
From W. W. Reade 4 June 1870
Summary
The Negro’s idea of beauty is the same as white man’s.
Believes the Jollops select for blackness.
Native immunity from coast fever is not complete.
Has found stone instruments.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7216 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Reade, W. W. | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Reade, W. W. | [X] |
