Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD.

Intends to breed from two pointers born tailless.

Answers CD’s letter of 15 Feb about voice of female and odour of stag red deer.

There will be no objection to the French translation or difficulty about woodcuts of Orchids.

Has not yet received the information about Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin.

Asks CD for references to animal breeders in order to test the hypothesis that mimicry arises through direct action of mental impressions received through the sense of sight.

Supports natural selection and Pangenesis.

Sends information from a Kent sheep-breeder.

Estimates cost of F. Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin at £86 for 750 copies, less than £10 extra for 1000.

Encloses a letter [from J. Croll?].

Has been unable to find a paper CD wanted.

Is leaving shortly for Paris.

References to works on probability;

statistics on proportion of sexes in births in England and Wales.

CD’s queries on expression of aborigines were difficult to answer because he encounters mainly those touched by civilisation. Hopes CD did get answers.

Thanks for publication applying CD’s theory to moral and social questions.

On hybridism between the fox and dog; asks whether CD knows of a reliable case of offspring from this cross.

Does CD want details on a white cat with blue eyes, but not deaf?

Sexual differences in antelopes (Indian and African).

Thanks for money, which will enable him to complete publication. Explains principles of his physiological theory.

Sends a single specimen of Drosophyllum lusitanicum with description from F. de Avellar Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica [1804].

Discusses Portuguese ferns,

inherited mutilation,

and the earth’s geological history.

Evolution of behaviour and beauty by natural selection.

Further observations on horns of fallow deer. Sends fawn’s head.

Explains how he, as "an orthodox clergyman" reading CD’s works, was totally convinced by his arguments. Expresses pleasure "that Science might make gigantic strides without offering such collateral opinions as, if true, would certainly dispense with clergymen altogether".

Is forwarding potted specimens of Drosophyllum.

Will make inquiries about sheep.

Transmits letter [from Fritz Müller].

Has been asked to permit a French translation of Orchids and Journal of researches.

At work on sexual selection.

Sends statement [missing] of cost and proceeds of publishing Facts and arguments for Darwin at 6s. Asks whether CD agrees to this price.

Suggests that ground ice, in Canada and similar countries, is a mode of distribution of boulders and animal and vegetable life.