CorrenpoiH/ence loith Charles Darwin 195 



Quegtions. Jieplieg. 



13. Oeomotry. I do not think 1 have any power of the kind. 



14. NumeraU. Whon I think of any nunilMsr, prinUnl fif(ure« riae before my 



mind; I cnn't r«MnenilM'r for an hour 4 conxocative figurni. 



15. Card-playinj?. Havo not playinl for many yHarn, hut I am Hun> should not 



rouu-niber. 



16. Chem. Never pluyiMl. 

 Othir nenseH. 



17. ToneH of voices. Hocolloction indistinct, not comparahle with vision. 

 IM. Music. Extremely hazy- 

 ID. Sniullu. No power of vivid recollection, yet fu>metinieii call up awocinted 



ideas. 

 20. Tastes. No vivid power of recalling. 



SigmUum of Sender anil Add reim. Ciiari.ks 1).\uwin, Down, Beckcnhani. (Bom Feb. 12th, 1809.) 



April 7, 1880. Down, Bkckknham, Kkxt. 



Mv DEAK Oai.ton, The enclosed letter and circular may jn-rhaps interest you, as it relates 

 to a queer suhject^ You will jH-riuips say: liaiij,' hi.-; itnpuilence. Hut .seriously the letter might 

 ]io.s8il>ly Im! worth taking somi^ day to the Anthropolog. Inst, for the chance of some one caring 

 about it. I have writtiMi to Mr Faulds tolling him I could give no help, but had forwanle«l 

 the letter to you on the chance of its interesting you. 



My dear (Jalton, Yours very sincerely, Ch. Darwin. 



P.S. The more 1 think of your visualising in<|uiries, the more intt^resting they .seem to me. 



42, Rutland Oatk, April 8 XO. 



Mv DKAli Darwin, I will take Kaulds' lett<'r to the Antliro. and see wliat can l>e done; 

 indeed, 1 myself got several tliumi) impressions a couple of years ago, having heard of the 

 C'hincsi' plan with criminals, but failed, perhaps from want of suHiciently niiiiut4> ol>servation, to 

 make out any luryf number of dillerences. It would I think Ix- feasible in one or two public 

 schools where the syst«Mii is established of annually taking height-s, weights etc., also t<i take thumb 

 marks, by which one would in time learn if the markings were as ptn-sistent as is said. Anyhow 

 I will do what I can to help Mr Faulds in getting these sort of facts and in having an extract 

 from his letter printed. I am so glad that my 'visualising' inquiries seem interesting to you. 

 I get letters from all directions and the metaphysicians and mad-doctors have l>een very helpful. 



Very sincerely yours, Francis Galton. 



Our united kindest remembrances to you all. 



Galton communicated Dr Faulds' letter to the Anthropological Institute; 

 the original is now before ine, and it is inscril)ed, "Addressed to diaries 

 Darwin, Esq. and communicated by F. Galton. " Apparently that body did not 

 publish it as they certainly ought to have done. Many years afterwards it 

 was di.scovered in their archives. Its non-publication, however, was not of 

 such importance as it might have been, for on Oct. 28, 1880, a very full letter 

 from Dr Faidds appeared in Nature covering the same ground. To this 

 matter we shall return later. 



42, Rutland Gate, July 5/80. 



Mv DEAR Darwin, Best thanks for sending me Revue Scientiju/ue with Vogt's curious 

 paper, which I return with many thanks. The pa.ssage you markeil for me makes me sure that 

 he would give help of the kind 1 now want and 1 will write to him. (De (Jandolle and another 

 Genevese, Achard by name, have already kindly done much.) 



I sen<l an advance ooj>y of those "Visualised Numerals" of mine, not to trouble you to 

 rivi-ead what you know the pith of already, but l>ecause of the illustrations at the end and also 

 for the chance of your caring to see there the contirmation from other sources (1 find that the 

 editor has cut out all Bidder's remarks on this p>oint — which I much regret) of what Vogt says 

 about the left hand executing with facility in reverse what is done by the right hand. I made 



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