Asks CD to sign papers for Royal Society candidacy of W. B. Clarke.
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Asks CD to sign papers for Royal Society candidacy of W. B. Clarke.
Does not believe CD should place too much faith in statements regarding the continuous interbreeding of the Chillingham cattle.
Discovery of skull of "River-bed" race of man near Corwen.
Sends contribution of £5 to Settle Cave Exploration Fund.
The box of bones sent by CD has led to a series of explorations. Reports on Yorkshire cave-hunting.
Thanks for the present of CD’s long-expected book [Descent].
Describes the successful excavation of caves containing interred remains of Neolithic man.
A letter of recommendation for W. B. Dawkins in his application for the Woodwardian professorship of geology in the university of Cambridge.
Asks CD’s support for his application for the Chair of Geology at Oxford.
Thanks WBD for his book, Cave hunting (1874).
Wants references to facts quoted in Variation for an essay he is writing on origin of British cattle.
Can give no more information about white and dark cattle than William Youatt gave in his book on cattle (Youatt 1834).
Is glad CD is pleased with his book [Cave hunting (1874)].
Relationship between language and race. The Basques.