Oct. 2, 1885.] 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



ixiliary to tlie wind, to which he also 

 ;s appositely, it may lie utilised as an aid. 

 Edward Madge. 



8H0WER OF SNAILS 



f 194o] — \11 \ me to say a few words respecting the shower of 

 1 Ills which your correspon lent B Revnol Is sui poses to hive 

 fallen in Pembroke Dockyard on the 3rd inst Tht«e snail wl i h 

 he says literally covered the gro nd h \e b en seen fjr peks 

 pievioubtotlisdate aidlavcnod ul t been there foi } cars 11 e) arc 

 of a small species the lar"-est not cxcppI nn- tl r p "■! tl nf nn r 1 

 in diameter The plot f r f lib 111 



they abound) is al out t I 1 



possible in\L ti£,ated tl 



the story was false tho Mi I 



As isual ifter 1 eavy r n tl 111 It 1 II 



I lice I c m issure you thons ii ds w ere cained awa) and tho san Is 



> t remain to be seen S J K 



4. Cni\rsE MOTH 



[19i6]-I ha before n 

 llonn in throas;Ii a h le in 

 c the foreign le 





gthe 



His 



ippe r' 



a tl e table a moth whicl has j is 



J apcr w in 1 w s of a temple on thi 



f PekiDf, ire in th 1 al it o 



\ hole bo Ij from the 1 ea 1 to t 

 inches in length He differ h 

 een bv 1 1^ i g a thick b nch of 

 . f his boh Tic e are fa, lirl 

 \ery much 1 ke a hoi e& mane af 

 -.everal 1 air piotrude abo c 

 biu h 1 ajpaicnth to fr "l tei 

 attack on the moth f i 1 

 head hi wl olc body at oi c 

 ; forn rds bnngii g tl e 





H 



TWIN PWPI 1 



also a dandehoi 



his children when youn^ t 

 had beautiful httle more 

 doors. His children art 

 perfect I shall be great! 

 the sandals like those of t: 

 made, as I should like to si 

 They maj bt sci t to my i 

 I shall Ic ilcit,d tj 1 

 Cosra poht n mivf \u 



will send me 

 iittn Is hanng 

 tiuncd above. 

 ire \\ C , and 



> LALLIh 



LETTERS RECEIVED AND SHORT ANSWERS 



Be\ BRIDGE As near as I can make it out was in 



as a form of expression needing to be separated from the 



t and without the slightest reference tc 





r letters Quous jue Tandem 



lespondent how you could im£ 

 s of Columbus s egg could refer 

 , ever f ui d ^ ' ' 





Howev 



wfar/wi 



the ignature of 

 jine tl at a remark on 



J our particular view 

 re s nest) I really am 



1 excuse for trying my 

 sponsible for the objeo 



■ ■ ) Darwin s theory 



ti ity of your infinitn 1} accusal \e charge 

 ai 1 vour defence of jour objection thereto vc 

 It ad I b It pleases you and it sati lies me— that I was quite right 

 in remarking that jou m sundeistood Dxrnm Because he did not 

 think It necessary to explain that bj mall alvantages he did not 

 mean mflnitelj small advantages because in fact he treated his 

 r a lei as reasonable beings— j o feel free to attnbute to him the 

 vbburlt of assertino-tl at no matter how mall ome difference mar 

 1 e it will eventually pro luce a large iifierence lecau eagiraffewith 

 I neek ne incl 1 nger than hi fellows ha 1 a real advantage in 

 blow igand tl i tellint, then ck of oaraffes became ev entually as 

 lung swes them— tl erefore a g rafEe witl a neck one millionth 

 of an inch longer thai its fell vs uul 1 1 ave had a better chance 

 of sur ivmg and miUi nths f inch n ay 1 ave been ad led according 

 to Dirwin till eveutualh tl e f 11 ta n accrued Darwin dil not 

 draw the line a v where becau e no doul t 1 a'.^ m d his readers 

 to 1 ave some de>=-ree of rea onug power n 1 to be able to Iraw it 

 fortlemsel es As a mere matter of fict it is 1 i us tl t the 

 develoim nt of a fimte alvaitaf in a hnite u ml r of tei (anl 

 I SI I pose yon do not imagii e the i imber of cneration of any 

 anim 1 from the begmnino- ot it rice to tl e end or till now to be 

 mtin te) mu t demonstrably ha e require I tnite step not tl e mfini 

 tes mal one vo imagine Ai d ni v I would ask ^ o i wh it offence 

 eitl er I or the r 1 f Tn w l d E 1 av con n t ri tl t mv 



time an I the 1 I i 1 ^ 



C0MMLNH.TO1 



d greeof ir j 1 11 



Tlo e cs avs wern j r te I n \ r in 



iredeiic Harr on bit the latter objected ( 



we consider tl e figure he presented) so M ' 



Spencer s reque t cancelled the votun e I 



al t Air Sp ncer d o ssion of r 1 1 



not br ke 1 1 ut he h is 

 Tlree v\eekh kicks and 1 

 has not 1 a; j d o 1 of 

 Knowledgi. monthlv 

 ?orry I xj 



r witlo 



\ 



, 8iv> tliat a medical friend of m 



the pa sage you quoti 



deported but the wholeartiole BBgipested that 



