Hybrid geese.
Proportions of sexes in sheep and cattle.
Pairing habits of crows.
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Hybrid geese.
Proportions of sexes in sheep and cattle.
Pairing habits of crows.
Sends abstract of his views on change of climate and a copy of a paper.
On why it is said Indian elephants do not breed in captivity; mating habits of male so violent as to require restraint.
Problems with Mr Robinson, who has suddenly departed for Ireland for a month. The parish urgently needs some respectable man to hold the living permanently.
Enthusiastic about JDH’s plan for a British Flora – "a grand idea to make a Flora a guide for knowledge already acquired & to be acquired". Gives examples of subjects.
No work exists on various biological points in plants.
Glacial climates.
Requests autograph.
Full background on the difficulties of the vicarage of Down.
Describes a supposed cross between a cow and a red deer or doe.
Thanks for the pamphlets; JL’s paper, "Primitive condition of man" [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 6 (1868): 328].
Sends news of his and Frank’s doings at Cambridge.
Asks GHD to look in William Thomson’s book [W. Thomson and P. G. Tait, Treatise on natural philosophy, vol. 1 (1867)] to see how many million years ago Thomson says earth’s crust solidified. CD is troubled by "brevity of the world", because pre-Silurian creatures must have lived during endless ages "else my views wd be wrong, which is impossible – Q.E.D.".
Sends letter [from Haeckel?] opened by mistake.
August Schleicher a great loss.
On spurs in peacocks. [See Descent 1: 290 n.]
Will try to get more information about the supposed hybrid [of cow and deer].
The rumours about John Robinson [curate of Down] cause JBI concern. He will seek to get the facts – will try to protect Robinson against malicious rumours, but if he is immoral he must go forthwith.
Hopes Miss [Sarah Elizabeth] Wedgwood will sell part of her land for a parsonage at Down. Recounts his futile efforts to obtain land in the past.
Encloses news item about the supposed hybrid [of cow and deer].
Apologises; CD is correct: the object his foreman found is not organic.
Describes an animal that is said to be a hybrid between a cow and a deer.
Results of his breeding have not borne out his opinion that females are more numerous in Lepidoptera [see Descent 1: 313]. Still convinced he is right, suggests only way to settle question is by controlled breeding of large numbers of each species.
Has forwarded a veterinary surgeon’s description of the supposed hybrid [of cow and deer, see 6504]. A neighbour who has seen it is convinced it is genuine.
JBI can do no more about John Robinson.