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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Sara
Date:
31 January 1880
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 132
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.