RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Hutton, "Borz" of the Afghans; wild goat of Afghanistan; "The paseng" of authors. CUL-DAR83.39. 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: 249, n18: "Mr. Blyth, in 'Land and Water,' March, 1867, p. 134, on the authority of Capt. Hutton and others. For the wild Pembrokeshire goats see the 'Field,' 1869, p. 150." In these notes, Darwin incorrectly wrote the date of Hutton's publication as 1843.
Hutton, Thomas. 1842. "Borz" of the Afghans; wild goat of Afghanistan; "The paseng" of authors. Journal of Natural History 2 1842: 521-535.
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Capt. Hutton on wild goat of Afghanistan, in Calcutta Journal of Nat. History, vol. 2. 1843
p. 526 – has seen his wild goat when falling bend in chin & back the fact by alighting on horns – remarks how cautious we ought to be in enclosing good of any part. – It seems female cannot so protect herself, from having smaller horns; but then she is of much quieter [over]
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disposition – Tschudi I am sure, say something of same thing of some Alpine animal.
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