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Brief comment on Bugis ethnic group and their similarity to ethnic Malays.
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Island life. Expresses amazement that ARW should be a Spiritualist.
Refers to ARW letters that Darwin had forwarded to Hooker. Criticises ARW for saying that Scientific men are afraid to say what they think.
Hooker argues against Darwin's suggestion that ARW receive a government pension.
References ARW's view of the identity of Bornean & Sumatran Zoology & the differences of Java from either.
Hooker states his favour for ARW to win the gold medal for biology.
Hooker is “relieved and pleased” by the letters from ARW that Darwin had forwarded regarding ARW’s reaction to the joint reading of their papers at the Linnean Society in 1858. He discusses his progress on his Australian article. [Hooker, J. D. 1859. On The Flora of Australia: Its Origin, Affinities, and Distribution. In: Botany of the Antarctic Expedition. Part 3: Flora of Tasmania, vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve.] He discusses potential candidates for the Royal Society’s new Foreign Fellow.
Hooker recalls his recent conversation with the Duke of Argyll about ARW's theory of the evolution of man.