JL’s brother-in-law [Robert Birkbeck] would like a note of introduction to John Murray.
JL’s brother-in-law [Robert Birkbeck] would like a note of introduction to John Murray.
Encloses note of introduction to Murray.
H. T. Stainton should be elected F.R.S.
Discusses the practice of exogamy; asks if any animals have an instinctive repugnance to inbreeding.
Close inbreeding and factors acting against it.
Thanks CD for information.
Returns R. G. Haliburton’s paper ["The unity of the human race proved by the universality of certain superstitions connected with sneezing", reprinted in New materials for the history of man (1863)] and sends one of his own partly in answer to it ["The early condition of man", Anthropol. Rev. 6 (1868): 1–14].
Capital BAAS meeting at Dundee.
Introduction of humble-bees into Australia.
Wants information on Fuegian harpoons. Must prepare second edition of Prehistoric times.