with regard to the beau ideal satisfactorily; for amongst us Europeans it is well known that one man selects his partner for a handsome face, whilst another make his choice of a good figure without much regard to beauty. All I can say is that savages generally select their partners more for any attraction the body may posses than for beauty of face.²

By the by have you not described somewhere the flesh of the Puma as palatable³ Did you ever taste the flesh of lions? I find opinions vary greatly with regard to the flavour of its flesh—

With kindest Regards | Yours very truly | Ch^s. J. Andersson Ch^s. Darwin, Esq^re.