RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Mr Haynes & Cocker agree. CUL-DAR205.6.49. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. 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-DAR205.6 contains notes on embryology [pigeons].
Darwin wrote to T. H. Huxley on 27 November 1859: "I have found it very important associating with fanciers and breeders. For instance, I sat one evening in a gin palace in the Borough amongst a set of pigeon fanciers, when it was hinted thatDarwin wrote to T. H. Huxley on 27 November 1859: "I have found it very important associating with fanciers and breeders. For instance, I sat one evening in a gin palace in the Borough amongst a set of pigeon fanciers, when it was hinted that Mr. Bull had crossed his Pouters with Runts to gain size; and if you had seen the solemn, the mysterious, and awful shakes of the head which all the fanciers gave at this scandalous proceeding, you would have recognised how little crossing has had to do with improving breeds, and how dangerous for endless generations the process was." Benjamin Edmund Bult was a pigeon-fancier and member of the Philoperisteron Society, of which Darwin was also a member. He is mentioned in Variation 2: 197.had crossed his Pouters with Runts to gain size; and if you had seen the solemn, the mysterious, and awful shakes of the head which all the fanciers gave at this scandalous proceeding, you would have recognised how little crossing has had to do with improving breeds, and how dangerous for endless generations the process was." Benjamin Edmund Bult was a pigeon-fancier and member of the Philoperisteron Society, of which Darwin was also a member. He is mentioned in Variation 2: 197.
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Mr Haynes & Cocker agree that for hardly 2 year can best birds be told some improving some falling off. Mr Bult thinks goodness of Pouter can be told in 6 months.
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