Correspondence

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These letters of James Cossar Ewart deal with a range of scientific topics such as hybridisation experiments with zebras, ponies and donkeys, discussions about heredity, the physical characteristics of cattle, and others relating to gamehunting and the publication of Cossar Ewart's book the Penycuik Experiments.

The sub-series of correspondence consists of:

• 40 letters from a variety of authors, including naturalists, botanists, zoologists and the nobility.

• Heredity, Human
• Animal Experimentation
• Cattle
• Hunting
• Hybridisation
• Physical Characteristics
• Zebras

• Allman | George James | 1812-1898 | botanist and zoologist
• Cavendish-Bentinck | William John Arthur Charles James | 1857-1943 | 6th Duke of Portland
• Ewart | James Cossar | 1851-1933 | zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh
• Galton | Sir | Francis | 1822-1911 | Scientist, explorer and anthropologist

• University of Edinburgh | 1583-: | university | Edinburgh (Scotland)

• Penicuik (Scotland)