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of the Zoological Society. To restrain this 

 animal from jumping over the fence of the 

 enclosure in which he was confined, a long 

 and heavy chain was attached to the collar 

 round his neck. He was constantly in the 

 habit of taking this chain up by his horns 

 and moving it from one side to another over 

 his back ; in doing this he threw his head very 

 much back, his horns being placed in a line 

 with the back. The habit had become quite 

 chronic with him, and was very tiresome to 

 look at. I was very much astonished to 

 observe that his offspring inherited the habit, 

 and although it was not necessary to attach 

 a chain to their necks, I have often seen a 

 young male throwing his horns over his back 

 and shifting from side to side an imaginary 

 chain. The action was exactly the same as 

 that of his ancestor. The case of the kid of 

 this goat appears to me to be parallel to that 

 of child and parent given by Mr. Hartog. I 

 think at the time I made this observation I 

 informed Mr. Darwin of the fact by letter, and 

 he did not accuse me of ' flat Lamarckism.' r 



To this letter there was no rejoinder. It 

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