RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 'Colquhoon More & Loch case of Retriever' CUL-DAR80.B31 (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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Colquhoon More & Loch case of Retriever killing 2 Ducks & Hutchinson Dog Braking— . exactly parallel case with brace of Partridges— perhaps so good a case of reason— & this confirmed., worth giving —
In the latter case the dog might have returned for dead bird, so reason not perfect— perhaps not perfect in former case.— give latter first & then add perhaps hence we overrate the power of reason in former case
Man
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