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I find that a German, Dr. Eimer, is on the scent 

 of the jeUy-fish, but he does not seem to have done 

 much work as yet. It is arranged that I am to have 

 a Friday evening at the Institution soon after Easter, 

 to tell the people about my own work. 



From C. Darwin to G. J. Bomanes. 



6 Qneen Anne Street : April 29, 1876. 



I must have the pleasure of saying that I have 

 just heard that your lecture was a splendid success in 

 all ways. I further hear that you were as cool as 

 the Arctic regions. It is evident that there is no 

 occasion for you to feel your pulse under the circum- 

 stances which we discussed. 



Yours very sincerely, 



Ch. Dabwin. 



To C. Darwin, Esq. 



I write to thank you for the shp about graft 

 hybrids, and to say that as yet I have obtained no 

 results myself. This place is too far north to admit 

 of the seeds ripening properly after the plants have 

 been thrown back several weeks by the operation. 

 This applies especially to onions, so next year — ^the 

 neck of Medusae having now been broken — I intend to 

 wait in London till all the grafting and planting out 

 is finished. I do not think you will regret my not 

 having followed such a course this year when you 

 come to read the paper I am now writing. I never 

 did such a successful four months' work, and if as 

 many years suffice to answer all the burning questions 



