From: Auguste Bleek (12 September 1866)

From: Auguste Bleek (12 September 1866)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek's mother Auguste Bleek to her nephew Ernst Haeckel, dated 12 September 1866 in Bonn. Auguste informs Ernst that Wilhelm has started studying the Bushman language with speakers at Breakwater Prison, focusing particularly on its "almost unexplored" click sounds. She asks Ernst to consult Ernst Hübel or a zoologist about whether apes produce click sounds and how they do so, and to forward any information to her or Wilhelm.

12 September 1866

Auguste Bleek (Augusta Charlotte Marianne Sethe), Wilhelm Bleek (learning Bushman language from |xam prisoners), letter (German), Ernst Haeckel (Auguste Bleek asks him for information on apes and click sounds for Wilhelm Bleek), Breakwater Prison (Wilhelm Bleek learning Bushman language from prisoners at), Bushman language (Wilhelm Bleek learning from |xam prisoners), Bushmen (Wilhelm Bleek learning language of from prisoners), aunt (Auguste Charlotte Marianne Bleek nee Sethe), mother (Auguste Charlotte Marianne Bleek nee Sethe), clicks (of Bushman language), Ernst Hübel (Auguste Bleek asks Ernst Haeckel to contact him for ape-sound information on Wilhelm Bleek's behalf), apes (Wilhelm Bleek wants to find out if they make click sounds)

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