From A. R. Wallace [15 March 1871]
Buge’s are typical Malays both physically & mentally, & were it not for difference of language could hardly be separated. The two languages are very different though of the same family.1
Alfred R. Wallace.
Footnotes
See letter to A. R. Wallace, 13 March [1871] and nn. 1 and 2.
Summary
Although their language is different, the Bugis are typical Malays both physically and mentally.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7587
- From
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Postmark
- MR 15 71
- Source of text
- DAR 106: B102
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7587,” accessed on 8 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7587.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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