JBI sends clipping about a hybrid between a deer and a cow, from the same parish as the one reported in 1868.

JBI regrets his part in appointments of his successors.

His friendship with CD and its effect on his fellow clerics.

Has finished Descent, which charmed but did not convert him.

Sends examples of dogs’ reasoning.

Has given up his farm.

On Down parish matters.

Down parish and family matters.

Writes about a white rabbit which is turning fawn-coloured,

and about Scottish education.

JBI reports that the editor of Journal of Horticulture has identified the tree at Loch Carron as Sambucus racemosa, red-berried elder.

JBI on CD’s integrity and the separateness of science and religion.

Reports finding a wood pigeon’s nest on the ground, though woods are nearby.