Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 July 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/46
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he is sending Ewart a photograph of the 'so-called Cabul sheep' at Tetbury, which he thinks look like St Kildas. He asks Ewart to bring with him the Takin horns which he left in Ewart's house when he visits Elwes.
Dates:
08 July 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 August [1912]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/50
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has heard that the sheep at Greystoke will be transported once the restrictions in Peebles are lifted. He recommends that Ewart take a photograph of the Foula ewes while they are alive. He is buying some of Lort's Manx and Manx-Soay crosses, and a black bull with a broad white belt. He would like to put his fat-tailed ewes to Ewart's fat-tailed ram.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
16 August [1912]
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- Animal Markings 1
- Animal sale 1
- Animals--Colour 1
- Animals--Transportation 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Bulls 1
- Embargo 1
- Ewes 1
- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Horns 1
- Hybrids 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Prehistoric animals 1
- Rams 1
- Sheep, Breeding 1
- Skull 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Takin 1 + ∧ less
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