CD expresses his inability to accept the view that the Hippuritidae are in any way a connecting link between the oysters and the barnacles.
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CD expresses his inability to accept the view that the Hippuritidae are in any way a connecting link between the oysters and the barnacles.
Thanks for answer to query. "I see … that there is no hope of comparing the same genus at two different periods, and seeing whether the tendency to vary is greater at one period in such genus than at another period."
Inclined to dispute SPW’s doctrine that islands are generally ancient. Doubts that they are remnants of continents.
Regrets he cannot answer SPW’s questions.
Discusses antiquity of subaerial volcanoes.
Disagrees "entirely & absolutely" with L. von Buch’s "elevation-crater-theory".