Add. MS a/202/45
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10 Feb. 1838
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
Cambridge - Charles Darwin's 'discoveries in fossil zoology' are 'of the greatest interest and value. His Toxodon, as Mr Owen proves, supplies a most desirable step connecting the rodentia with the pachydermata pretty nearly, and with the cetacea more remotely. He contributes therefore to the completion of the zoological scale just in the parts where it is weakest and most imperfect'.