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CORFE VIEW,

PARKSTONE,

DORSET.

Sept^r_. 22nd. 1891

My dear Meldola¹

I read your articles in "Nature" with much interest. The Jesuit writers are awfully clever! I had a paper sent me by one of them, also against Darwinism, — which began by admitting so much that he seemed quite a "Daniel come to judgment" — & then turned round & smashed us all up!!

[2] I am just sending a letter to "Nature"² on another point re C. Lloyd Morgan.³

If your friends have some capital, or a small income, so that they can wait a few years, no doubt they can do well with fruit-farming, — but it requires to look very sharp in the matter of land. It is no good staying at S. Francisco. They must go South to the Los Angeles district & [3] look well about before they decide on anything. The vital points are irrigation facilities, and easy reach of a railroad. He should explore the whole orange-growing country & see what others are doing or have done before deciding on anything. If he likes country-life & knows anything about farming, gardening poultry &c. he can live a delightful life if he [4] gets a nice location. There is no fruit-growing country near St. Francisco.

Yours very faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

I enclose an open letter of introduction to my brother.⁴