RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1845.03]. Abstract of Crawfurd, Journal of an embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China, etc. CUL-DAR205.10.64. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.10 contains notes on variation and varieties. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

Darwin recorded reading this work in his 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook. CUL-DAR119.-.

Crawfurd, John. 1828. Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China; exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms. London.


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Crawfurds Embassy to Siam. Elephants

Vol I. p. 151. "our Indian servants, who were better judges than ourselves, considered them as possessing in an eminent degree all those points which are admired by amateurs & which distinguish the noblest race of this animal—

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Dr. Darwin


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