Thanks correspondent for writing, "but such malconformations, as you mention, are not very rare & therefore do not possess much novelty".

CD sends thanks for further instructions for making a solution, which will be followed as soon as Francis [Darwin] returns.

Thanks correspondent for information on a plant. It is too late for his present work.

Answers correspondent’s questions on his birth date and when he began work on origin of species.

Refers correspondent to Descent for some information on marriage arrangements, and on the mental and moral nature of monkeys.