Hookertookthelineofcompleteimpartiality，soasnottocommitLindley。）averygoodone，andwassomuchstruckwithitthatIsentittoLyell。ButIassumed，asamatterofcourse，thatitwasLindley’s。NowthatIknowitisyours，Ihavere—readit，and，mykindandgoodfriend，ithaswarmedmyheartwithallthehonourableandnoblethingsyousayofmeandit。IwasagooddealsurprisedatLindleyhittingonsomeoftheremarks，butIneverdreamedofyou。Iadmireditchieflyassowelladaptedtotellonthereadersofthe’Gardeners’Chronicle’;butnowI
admireditinanotherspirit。Farewell，withheartythanks……Lyellisgoingatmanwithanaudacitythatfrightensme。Itisagoodjoke;heusedalwaystocautionmetoslipoverman。
[Inthe\"Gardeners’Chronicle\"，January21，1860，appearedashortletterfrommyfatherwhichwascalledforthbyMr。Westwood’scommunicationtothepreviousnumberofthejournal，inwhichcertainphenomenaofcross—
breedingarediscussedinrelationtothe’OriginofSpecies。’Mr。
Westwoodwroteinreply（February11）andadducedfurtherevidenceagainstthedoctrineofdescent，suchastheidentityofthefiguresofostrichesontheancient\"Egyptianrecords，\"withthebirdaswenowknowit。Thecorrespondenceishardlyworthmentioning，exceptasoneoftheveryfewcasesinwhichmyfatherwasenticedintoanythingresemblingacontroversy。]