Is planning a revised edition of his Cruise in Tierra del Fuego [1857], and finds his opinions on the natives the reverse of CD’s.
Hopes he may call some time.
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The Charles Darwin Collection
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Is planning a revised edition of his Cruise in Tierra del Fuego [1857], and finds his opinions on the natives the reverse of CD’s.
Hopes he may call some time.
Thanks CD for his offer of assistance to David Ferrier.
Discusses CD’s earthworm book.
Tonsils in man as rudimentary organs.
Reports extract of spurge [Euphorbia] killing earthworms.
Financial matters; executing EAD’s will; pleased to hear news about Prof. Challis.
Thanks for Earthworms.
Glad CD liked the Dischidia drawing. GK wishes he could see it in the wild to study its habits and those of the insects that visit it.
Asks for a testimonial for the Chair of Natural History at Edinburgh.
The statues on which the egg-cases were found were perfectly clean and had never been painted.
Reports on fossilised leaf-prints he has found on the island. Found no seeds or land shells at the site.
Must refuse WCM’s request to revise E. Ray Lankester's testimonial.
CD asks him to say that the beautiful specimens of Dischidia arrived safely.