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Has received letters of January and March on his return last month. Thanks for papers but has not received the list of longicorns of Australia. "The quantity of obscure species in my collections are beginning to frighten me." Has just packed over 13,000 specimens, but they are particularly poor in longicorns and Coleoptera generally. The geographical distribution of insects in the archipelago is far less strongly marked than that of birds and mammals, may be imputed to the greater liability of insects to accidental dispersion etc.
ARW's admiration of Darwin's Origin of species; birds and mammals better indicators of zoological geography than insects; exchange of specimens with Bates; plans to return to England in about 18 months; imminent voyage to Timor.
Leon du Four's History of Prostitution and Darwin's Origin of Species. Two months spent in Ternate dealing with a year's mail, cleaning, arranging and packing collections of birds, insects and shells for shipment to England and preparing for further expeditions; paper on "The native trade with New Guinea" sent to the Geographical.
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Plans to collect specimens in Java en route to Singapore and return from there to England; stores and baggage carried on previous expeditions; plans for work and accommodation on return to England.
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Ascent of a volcano, vegetation at the peak similar to English weeds, tropical on the lower slopes; comparative beauty of English and tropical plants; Dutch collectors for Leyden Museum; letter (not present) to be taken to Stevens with instructions re. ARW's specimens.
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Bates' paper on Papilios; Darwinian philosophy, geographical distribution of species, rivers as limits to distribution, ARW's Zoological Society paper on distribution of monkey species in Brazil; isolation of species from geographical origins, geological evidence; hopes Bates will write on Cicindelidae; collecting in Sumatra; plans to return to England.
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About details relating to "revises", proofs etc of ARW's MS of an article that is about to appear.
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