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disposal the apparatus required to conduct the ex- 

 periment with flashing hght. 



Frank's papers at the Linnean were, as you will 

 prohably have heard from other souix-es, a most 

 brilhant success, as not only was the attendance 

 enormously large and the interest great, but his ex- 

 position was a masterpiece of scientific reasoning, 

 rendered with a choice and fluency of language that 

 were reaUy charming. I knew, of coui-se, that he is 

 a very clever fellow, but I did not know that he could 

 do that sort of thing so well. 



I have now got a monkey. Sclater let me 

 choose one from the Zoo, and it is a very intelhgent, 

 affectionate little animal. I wanted to keep it in the 

 nursery for purposes of comparison, but the proposal 

 met with so much opposition that I had to give way. 

 I am afraid to suggest the idiot, lest I should be told 

 to occupy the nursery mjself. 



Yery sincerely and most respectfully yours, 



GrEO. J. Eo^LiJN'ES. 

 Down, Beckeiiham, Kent : January 24. 



My dear Eomanes, — I have been thinking about 

 Pompihus and its aUies. Please take the trouble to 

 read on ' Perforation of the Corolla by Bees,' p. 4-25 of 

 my Cross Fertihsation to end of chapter. Bees show 

 so much inteUigence in their acts, that it seems not 

 improbable to me that the progenitors of Pompihus 

 originally stung caterpillars and spiders, etc., in any 

 part of their bodies, and then observed by their in- 

 teUigence that if they stung them in one particular 

 place, as between certain segments on the lower side. 



