1895 LETTERS 351 



best ; and, if possible, regard a little more kindly tban 

 you are likely to do at present, yours faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



The following passage from a letter to Sir J. D. 

 Hooker refers to a striking discovery made by 

 Dubois : — 



HoDESLEA, Eastbourne, 

 Feb. 14, 1895. 



The Dutchmen seem to have turned up something like 

 the " missing link " in Java, according to a paper I have 

 just received from Marsh. I expect he was a Socratic 

 party, with his hair rather low down on his forehead and 

 warty cheeks. 



Pithecanthropus erectus Dubois (fossil) 



rather Aino-ish about the body, small in the calf, and 

 cheese-cutting in the shins. Le voici ! 



