RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1841.12. Beautiful collection of fossil bones from Perim Isd. CUL-DAR205.9.132. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].


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[Im margin:] (Geograph. Part of Uranie)

Beautiful collection of fossil bones from Perim Isd. Bab. El. Mandel - Mastodon Rhinoceros & Antelope & apparently Chæropotamus same as Isle of Wight!!!

Dec. 1841. {Perim Isd. some little way from Arabian side but not half way between 2 coasts.

An eocene animal with Mastodon &


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