Sends insect that carries dead ants, dead leaves, etc., on its back, as protective imitation.
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Sends insect that carries dead ants, dead leaves, etc., on its back, as protective imitation.
Apologises for saying more than was necessary in his previous letter. Although he feels gratitude and esteem for CD, he execrates those who use natural selection to oppose man’s higher interests and impede his advance. Has seen Huxley’s Man’s place in nature for sale among a crowd of obscenities at most Italian railway stations.
Aggressive behaviour of dogs and horses.
Rabbits still running true; hopes to increase alien blood to 30%.
Is much obliged for information [about rabbits?].
Will send deerhound puppy.
Is critical of Herbert Spencer.
Discusses the reasons for inserting questions on consanguineous marriages in the forthcoming Census.
On amount of modification and lines of descent in determining the position in man.
Reference to StGJM’s article "On the appendicular skeleton of the primates" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. [157 (1867): 299–430],
and his [and James Murie’s] article on lemurs ["On the anatomy of Lemuroidea"] Trans. Zool. Soc. [7 (1872): 1–114].