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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I

Note 168 — Chapter IV

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‘Säugethiere von Paraguay,’ s. 8, 10. I have had good opportunities for observing the extraordinary power of eyesight in the Fuegians.’ See also Lawrence (‘Lectures on Physiology,’ &c., 1822, p. 404) on this same subject. M. Giraud-Teulon has recently collected (‘Revue des Cours Scientifiques,’ 1870, p. 625) a large and valuable body of evidence proving that the cause of short-sight, “C’est le travail assidu, de près.”

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