To Louis Bouton 26 October 1871
Down Beckenham Kent,
October 26th 1871.
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for your kind and interesting letter […]1 what you say about the men of the Seychelles islands is quite new to me.2 The case seems nearly parallel, though of a reverse nature, with that of the difference in stature between the inhabitants of the lofty volcanic and low coral islets of the Pacific.
With my thanks. | I remain, Dear Sir, | Yours very faithfully, | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Ellipses are in the original printed text.
Bouton had written about the immense strength and vigour of the men of the Seychelles (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from Louis Bouton, 22 September 1871).
Summary
Thanks for information about male Seychelles islanders.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8031F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Louis Sulpice (Louis) Bouton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius n.s. 6 (1871–2): 168
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8031F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
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