ARW states that CR's remarks about the snails are very interesting; mentions the "old boys" bones, c. 9-10 years old, ask the Pitt-Rivers Museum to put the cranium together for the Dorchester Museum. Also mentions a great discovery of Miocene or Pliocene man in India and flints found in situ. "Hurrah for the Missing Link!".

ARW will be glad to see Mr Ridley; mentions CR's trip to S W Ireland; Mr Mitten was at Brandon Mountain a few years ago and found most of the rare mosses, but flowering plants were very scarce. Thanks CR for the I. Naturalist, CR's notes on the Megaceros is interesting, also American sponges.

ARW thanks CR for the map of Bournemouth and for the ?spiranthus which he has planted in the dampest part of his Alpine bed. ARW is sorry not to have the excursion; his daughter and the friend are returning to Liverpool and his wife has a badly inflamed eye. Regarding Poole Harbour, the Poole Corporation and Harbour Board fear the sand banks will be washed away and the harbour ruined and are spending thousands of pounds on sea walls; mentions sand banks and hopes CR might be able to give an opinion on the subject.

As CR is attending meetings of the Geological Society, ARW wants to know about gases in glacier water - have they been ascertained and can CR give an authority on the subject. Has been busy with orchids; writing his article on the Aar gorge; has an invitation to lecture in Davos Platz from Dr Lund; makes an enquiry as to whether workers in the Orchid House at Kew exchange duplicates with amateurs.

ARW sends apologies on not congratulating Clement Reid on his marriage, but congratulates him now. Returns Ridley's letter, also Flower's. Mentions the "white snake". Ridley has sent some more orchids.

ARW returns a draft report on the caves with one suggestion; attempts to explain the absence of cave fauna. ARW suggests submitting the draft with those remarks to Sir W Flower and to let him decide on the nature of the report.

ARW will be glad to try the Acer seeds; Mr Mitten would try them for Clement Reid. Mentions Loudon's 'Tree and Shrubs Encyclopaedia'. Enquires if Clement Reid has asked Mr Rogers of Southampton about them (the Acer seeds?).

A discussion of Pinus maritima. As to Acer Monspessalanum, Hemsley says it is quite hardy in Britain.

ARW mentions a reviewer in Science noticing ARW's paper on "The Gorge of the Aar". Many Swiss geologists have proved that some Alpine lakes are due to subsidence or deformation, ?see Aeppli's essay on Lake Zurich. ARW asks for references to these proofs.

ARW has finished reading ?C. R.'s book and makes some remarks. Regarding getting European seeds for comparison, he enquires if CR has asked Mr Thomas Hanbury of La Mortola garden.

ARW thanks CR for the offer of loan of periodicals with articles on erosion. James Geikie has sent a brief reply to Aeppli. Percy Kendall has promised photographs illustrating glacial phenomena.

ARW returns the papers C. R. lent him. The paper on Spitzbergen was very instructive, to do with the rapid motion of glaciers and occurrence of ?re-eddies which Bonney denies. The paper on Skye is more puzzling. PS Owing to terrible drought, April-August, none of the Acer seeds came up, nor seeds of Cornus nuttallii.

ARW thanks C. R. for abstracts on "hanging valleys". ARW mentions his theory of seed migration through the air and is looking for evidence. Enquires if C. R. has geological survey work in Cornwall, or has he retired. ARW is building a house at Broadstone "on a very pretty bit of land".

ARW has read CR's paper on British plants and the glacial period and discusses that subject, asking CR to read ARW's description of Flora of the Azores in Island Life again, and noting the argument about species which have been so derived since the glacial period. Temperature is mentioned as one of many factors; ARW notes that many species could have lived since the Pliocene. ARW suffers from eczema and rheumatism and cannot leave home.

ARW thanks CR for Ping. Grandiflora just received. Asks CR to stay the night on the way to Dorchester, or if not, to make arrangements to meet between [Parkstone] and Dorchester.

ARW leaves at midday on Friday for Switzerland. CR could come tomorrow (Thursday) evening and stay the night. ARW enquires about sleeping carriages, etc., from Bale [sic] to Brussels; is glad CR found something new in Ireland. Thanks for ?Pinguicula which arrived in excellent condition.

ARW will be pleased to see CR and his sister when they come to Parkstone. ARW & Mr Mitten had a good time on the whole in Switzerland. Mr Mitten brought home plants which have filled over 100 pots. ARW was delighted with the signs of glaciation and has material for another anti-?Bonneyite paper.

ARW is proposing to go to Corfe with his daughter and a friend and asks CR to join them. ARW wishes to ask something about Poole Harbour "as to which the Poole people are in a state of frantic terror!".

ARW has written nothing on the burial, as has found nothing of special interest. Asks CR to keep the specimens and give them with the bones to the Dorchester Museum. Arranges to meet the following Saturday. Saw CR's interesting note relating to the ?Rooks and the acorns.

ARW mentions CR's letter of about a week or two ago about carbonic-acid gas in glacier water, but ARW is writing his article and may not need ?information? He mentions the son of a friend, on a geology course, but in poor health; could he be with Ordinance Surveyors in the field? He is very keen on geology.