RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.11.02. Hooker has seen old moraines at foot of Himalaya with millet, maize & Rice. CUL-DAR50.E15. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN2

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. Items in CUL-DAR50.E relate to Glacial period.

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Nov. 2. 1857                                            Glacial

Hooker has seen old moraines at foot of Himalaya with millet, maize & Rice growing on them, like Lyell — vines & maize & olives are there on planes of Po.—

Mem. Lyells remarks on great cycle of climate of world.— Organisms appear Poles & oceans.

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