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Greyfriars, Southwold - Calls Frazer's attention to J. A. Thomson's 'Maternal Impressions' who cites Dr J. W. Ballantyne's 'Teratogenesis, an Enquiry into the causes of monstrosities' and 'Discussion on Heredity in Disease'.

Greyfriars, Southwold - Discusses the belief of the impact of maternal impressions and whether the child is affected before rather than after conception.

Greyfriars, Southwold - Discusses the belief that an unusual event during pregnancy can affect the child and similar beliefs amongst animal breeders, at length.

Greyfriars, Southwold - Discusses exogamy and inbreeding, at length.

Heyroun, Chaucer Road, Cambridge - Encloses a letter from F. N. Webb [not present, envelope carries a note that it was on 'greasing the nail'] relating to contagious abortion in cattle.

Accompanied by a page from Henry Jackson's commonplace book.

Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 4th June 1924 - [Arthur] Keith thinks his nomination to the Royal Society should be deferred at present; received an Honorary Degree at Manchester, where Sir Henry Miers is strongly in favour of anthropological teaching and a fine collection has been presented there by Dr [Walter?] Heape; gave him the news of the house in Cambridge in the last letter so won't repeat it; his library should be installed at Trinity by now; admires the work evident in 'The Bagesu'.