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a slight slioek. Ever afterwards men said that the 

 two fools were not such big fools as they seemed 

 to he. 



hlULTUS. 



From G. J. Romanes to C. Darwin. 



18 Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, K.W. : Sunday, March 1881. 



I have got a lot of cats waiting for me at different 

 houses round "VYimbledon Common, and some d-AX 

 next week shall surprise our coachman by making a 

 round of calls upon the cats, di-ive them several miles 

 into the country, and then let them out of their re- 

 spective bags. If anj' return, I shall try them again 

 in other directions before finallj- trying the rotation 

 experiment. 



I am also getting the experiment on flashing hght 

 agoing. The first apparatus did not answer, so now 

 I have invested in a large eight-day clock, the pen- 

 dulum of which I intend to make do the flashing. 



18 Cornwall TeiTace, E«gent's Park, X.W. : Maich 24, 1881. 



I write to ask you what you think of the following 

 idea as to a possible method of attacking Pangenesis. 

 Why not, I mean, inarch, at an early period of their 

 gro'^-th, the seed-vessels or ovaries of plants belong- 

 ing to different varieties ? If adhesion takes place, 

 the ovary might then be severed from its parent 

 plant, and left to develop upon the foreign one. 



If you think this a possible experiment, now 

 would be the time of year to try it. Therefore I wi"ite 

 to ask whether you do think it possible, and if so, what 

 plants you may think it would be best to try it with. 



