Has reread JDH’s paper ["On the functions of the rostellum of Listera ovata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 144 (1854): 259–64].
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Has reread JDH’s paper ["On the functions of the rostellum of Listera ovata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 144 (1854): 259–64].
Discusses relationship between natural selection and more general laws. Law of gravity is not seen as requiring design. Mentions mathematicians’ judgment of probability.
Notes gestation periods for hounds.
Etty is somewhat better.
Mentions his paper on fertilisation of orchids by insects [Collected papers 2: 32–5].
Must defer WBC’s visit, owing to daughter’s illness.
Comments on response to the Origin. Has been "well pitched into", but cares little, because of support of men like WBC.