[{398}] «Note by the author.» D'Orbigny shows that this is not so.
[{399}] This instance occurs in the Essay of 1842, p. [32], but not in the Origin; though the importance of isolation is discussed (Origin, Ed. i. p. 104, vi. p. 127).
[{400}] The meaning of the words within parenthesis is obscure.
[{401}] It is unusual to find the author speaking of the selection of sports rather than small variations.
[{402}] This brief discussion is represented in the Origin, Ed. i. by a much fuller one (pp. 356, 383, vi. pp. 504, 535). See, however, the section in the present Essay, p. 168.[Link: Page 168]
[{403}] On the formation of new stations, see Origin, Ed. i. p. 292, vi. p. 429.
[{404}] Origin, Ed. i. pp. 390, 400, vi. pp. 543, 554.
[{405}] In the MS. some of the species ... nourishing quality is doubtfully erased. It seems clear that he doubted whether such a problematical supply of food would be likely to cause variation.
[{406}] At this time the author clearly put more faith in the importance of sport-like variation than in later years.
[{407}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 398, vi. p. 553.