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From E. P. Wright   26 February 1879

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Is applying for the Chair of Botany at Edinburgh and asks CD for a testimonial.

Author:  Edward Perceval Wright
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Feb 1879
Classmark:  DAR 181: 176
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11905

From Edward Perceval Wright   24 March 1865

Summary

Thanks CD for subscribing to the Cybele Hibernica.

Reports some observations made on the common buffaloes of India seen swimming and diving in 12ft of floodwater in order to crop the herbage beneath.

Author:  Edward Perceval Wright
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Mar 1865
Classmark:  DAR 181: 174
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4793

From E. P. Wright   31 March 1865

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It is Bos arni which dives for herbage and in so doing it also swallows many freshwater shrimps.

Author:  Edward Perceval Wright
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Mar 1865
Classmark:  DAR 181: 175
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4802
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