RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1859.03.10]. Abstract of Ellis, Three visits to Madagascar. CUL-DAR205.10.86. 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.-.
Ellis, William. 1858. Three visits to Madagascar during the years 1853, 1854, 1856. London.
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W. Ellis. Three visits to Madagascar 1858. p. 122
(1) (3) The hump on the Madagascar cattle much valued by the natives; & when some superior cattle were imported from the Cape, "the inhabitants would not let them be turned loose, lest their own cattle should be deteriorated by breeding with them".
Shows care in Selection
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