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Period. Equally striking examples may be drawn 

 from the non-migratory birds, insects, and snails 

 inhabiting different adjacent islands, or even sepa- 

 rated localities on the same island. I feel little doubt 

 that the minor qualities distinguishing species among 

 animals and plants generally have been everywhere 

 evolved through exigencies of separation and iso- 

 lation. Natural selection enforces adaptation, iso- 

 lation encourages differentiation independent of ad- 

 aptation. The process of selection affects every 

 species; it probably originates none. 



Collecting Throughout the whole trip Mrs. Jordan rested 

 . . and read in the shade on the banks of the swift, 



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clear rivers, while we men drew the necessary nets; 

 incidentally we both enjoyed to the full the long 

 drives through the summer-scented "piney woods." 

 For the most part the work took us to modest 

 country inns. Occasionally, however, we touched at 

 fashionable resorts. A special trip in southeastern 

 Virginia once landed Jenkins and Meek at a seaside 

 hotel in Norfolk. As they went to their rooms to 

 "sleek up/' Jenkins said: "Now, Meek, you want 

 to be a little particular here. This is no backwoods 

 joint." A half-hour later, as they sat below at 

 dinner, Jenkins himself became the object of general 

 attention, his curly hair being beset with tiny fishes 

 dried in, the result of his last haul. For when a net 

 was thrown on the far side of a stream and the 

 catch was small, it was our custom to stow it tempo- 

 , rarily in our hats. That time Jenkins had forgotten 

 to remove the spoils ! 



On October 26, 1888, my second son, Knight Starr, 

 was born, which happy event had necessarily post- 



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