[PW] Re: Dawin, Brooke and Shaw

[Peter Macinnis]

I wrote:

> In 'Scientific American', 5th March 1859, page 209, I see "Dr. Shaw 
> enjoyed lion; Mr Darwin had a passion for puma; Dr. Brooke makes 
> affidavit that melted bears' grease is the most refreshing potion."

> Does anybody recognise the two names, Shaw and Brooke, in this context, 
> and known in 1859?

Answering my own question, I believe I will find a mention of Brooke in 
'Bear Ceremonialism in the Northern Hemisphere', A. Irving Hallowell, 
American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1926), 
pp. 1-175, a journal I have yet to access -- but I know where to get it.

 From another list, I garnered this:

There's more on Shaw the Leophage here
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/james_bruce.htm but not 
enough by itself to identify him.

By triangulation, I think it was "Thomas Shaw 1 (1694-1751), consular 
chaplain <http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Chaplain> at Algiers, 
1719-1731." (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/James_Bruce) according to 
the 1911 Britannica, and on finding that this Shaw wrote an explorer's 
report on the Barbary Coast (* http://tinyurl.com/hzbyg*), I am even 
more certain (although one would have to find the passage itself to be 
certain).

I have located a copy of Shaw's book, so all is well, I hope.

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