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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1841.05.23]. Abstract of Moorcroft, Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, etc. CUL-DAR205.7.200. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR205.7 contains notes on hybridism, sterility and pigeons.

"Travels in the Himalayan Provinces by W. Moorcroft. ed. by Wilson 1841. (Athenaeum p. 147) — account of varieties of Hybrid Yak. —"

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Moorcroft's Travels V. I in the Himalayas. P272.

In Ladakh, common oxen not used for ploughing, but male hybrid, between bos grunniens and, the common cow, or the humped zebu;— the female hybrid being greatly preferred for the Dairy ↘↘

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p. 309. "The male Hybrid is employed as a gelding! for carrying loads &c &c

The female is not strictly speaking a mule, but her progeny degenerates."

How conclusive (together with facts on back of page that they are not infertile

Moorcroft, William and Trebeck, George. 1841. Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab. Prepared from original journals and correspondence by H. H. Wilson. 2 vols. London.

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