From:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 164: 1
Summary:
Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Thanks JHF for copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
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.
On instinct in insects. Intends to experiment as CD proposes.
Discusses sense of direction of cats and other animals.
Discusses JHF’s investigations of animals’ sense of direction. Suggests experiment involving magnetism.