RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Bartram, Travels through Carolina, etc. CUL-DAR82.B34. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. 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 volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 29, n47: "'Travels through Carolina,' &c., 1791, p. 128."
The encircled 'Q' is Darwin's abbreviation for 'quoted', in his publication.
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Bartram's Travel. p 128 - Says the male alligators strive to win females by splashing, & roaring in centre of the lagoons & swelling ready to burst his head & tail lifted up & twisting round & round – "like Indian Chief rehearsing his feats of war" – "swollen to an extent ready to burst, his head & tail lifted up, he spins or twirls round on the surface of water"
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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