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LD has misplaced some figures on which he was to work.

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Sends references on Utricularia and Pinguicula.

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Reports that Pinguicula is found in north of Scotland. Gives local names and uses. None of his patients, who are from all parts of Scotland, has heard of the use of Pinguicula to curdle milk.

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Thanks CD for his answer to his letter. It has not convinced him – he still sees no reason to believe in the prophylactic effect of the vaccine.

Sends an article he has written answering Émile Blanchard of the Academy. Naturalists in France who occupy official positions are not independent.

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Sends information on nitrogen and albuminoid content of seeds of Brassica.

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Charles Martins has given the first Darwinian lectures on zoology at Montpellier.

Joseph Duval-Jouve is also a Darwinian. The latter has lost his position as Inspector of the Academy because of his liberal views.

Wallace suggests that a trap-door spider with an exposed nest preys on nocturnal insects.

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AG’s article in Nature was "just and moderate".

Sends his review of C. Hodge’s What is Darwinism? (1874) [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51].

It is uphill work making a theist out of CD.

Gives further observations on Sarracenia variolaris.

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Wants information from CD for a revision of the supplement of his work on timber trees and other industrial plants [Proc. Zool. & Acclim. Soc. Victoria 3 (1874): 47–95].

Reports the ruin of his department thanks to two papers by Edward Wilson, McKinnon, and Sparrow.

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Sends CD some cobra poison for his experiments.

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Encloses a report on current status of the appeal for Naples Zoological Station.

Shark embryology.

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The lack of a hereditary effect of circumcision among Jews argues against CD’s views.

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Writes of his article in Nature. Corrects some errors that have appeared in the published version.

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Sends cartilage from cat’s ear, the elastic fibres of which will probably resist digestion [by Drosera]. Is preparing fibro-cartilage, which he expects will be digested easily. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 104.]

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Cites instances of invariable correlations of colour he has observed in cats, dogs, and sheep. [See Variation, 2d ed., 2: 316.]

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Passes on his father’s answer to CD’s query about Hawaiian infanticide.

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Will try to get certain insectivorous plants for CD, especially Utricularia. Is glad to hear he has taken up Drosera.

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Sends a description of Drosera dichotoma and its manner of fly-catching [see Insectivorous plants, p. 282].

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Returns proof of his note on brain for 2d ed. of Descent. Has added a reference to Abbé Lecomte’s "terrible pamphlet" [Le Darwinisme et l’origine de l’homme (1873)] "lest it be thought I meant our cher Owen".

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Received CD’s note late and so could not comply, but promises to vote in future for anyone CD recommends for Athenaeum.

Will have new evidence on dog’s intelligence sent to CD.

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Reports on his examination of the dried specimens of Pinguicula at Kew to answer CD’s query whether all species secrete.