226 DARWINIANISM. 



the meantime for the purpose in hand less will 

 suffice. 



What started the whole relative thought in Mr. 

 Darwin is directly ascribed in the first of these state- 

 ments to his experiences in the Beagle : it was " during 

 the voyage of the Beagle that he had been deeply im- 

 pressed," etc. Mr. Francis Darwin, however, makes 

 (i. 276) the following extract from his father's pocket- 

 book of the date 1837: "In July opened first note- 

 book on Transmutations of Species. Had been greatly 

 struck from about the month of previous March on 

 character of South American fossils, and species on 

 Galapagos Archipelago. These facts (especially latter), 

 origin of all my views." Now it was in September 

 1833, and two years later (September 1835) that Mr. 

 Darwin respectively visited South America and the 

 Galapagos Archipelago. Yet here, in London, in July 

 1837, it is only since the previous March that he has 

 come to think that he " has been greatly struck "- 

 " on character of South American fossils, and species on 

 Galapagos Archipelago." The discrepancy is glaring ; 

 but it is quite possible that, though the voyage furnished 

 the materials, and even suggested some early thoughts, 

 it was only at the later dates that these thoughts fairly 

 formulated themselves. Nevertheless, the Journal gives 

 little or no evidence of such direction to his thoughts 

 either in place or time : I am greatly moved to refer to 

 the line at the beginning of Chapter IV. " Suppose, 

 then, we bring both filament and stir together in a 

 beetle this for the Origin!" There can be no doubt 

 that Mr. Darwin had seriously studied, and seriously 

 taken to heart, the " programme " which, according to 

 Dr. Krause, lay ready for him in the works of his 

 grandfather ; and there can be as little doubt that the 

 affinities among all these species of beetles which he 



