Extract of a letter, from George Wilkinson to the Royal Society
Reference number: EL/W3/145
Date: 01 January 1727
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Original letter dated 25 June 1727
States that there are bees in Peru, Chili and Cuba; account of a drove of mules, which after being unburdened of its load, ran to the sea and drank sea water and ate the sand; note in another hand about mules found at the Mountain of Rock Salt in New Spain, Jamaica
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1727
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- EL/W3/145
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- 01 January 1727
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- 1 page
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George Wilkinson, Extract of a letter, from George Wilkinson to the Royal Society, 01 January 1727, EL/W3/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_145/extract-of-a-letter-from-george-wilkinson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 June 2025
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