260 GEOEGE JOHN EOMANES '-1890 



this case what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for 

 the gander. 



I wish I had some jokes to treasure up, but 

 Oxford is not a joke-yielding place at present ; 

 Geanies must be jubilation itself compared with 

 Oxford now. 



I am the sole occupant of the laboratory as of the 

 house. But I rather enjoy the exclusive privilege of 

 my own company, save so far as it is relieved by 

 guinea-pigs. I have written a letter to ' Nature ' 

 which will furnish a Httle joke for you on Friday next. 



I am sorry to hear poor old Parker^ is dead. 

 You did not know him, but he was a real good fellow, 

 and hearty friend to me. 



I enjoyed my three days in London very much. 

 Went twice to the theatre, and one of the plays 

 was ' Judah.' Mr. H. A. Jones gave me a box. Saw a 

 great deal of the Pollocks ; met Scott,^ who asked me 

 to let him put me up for Eoyal Society Club ; played 

 chess with G. E. Turner. 



I have now got to work on my plants and guinea- 

 pigs. 



To Professor PouUon. 



Geanies, Eoss-shire, N.B. : July 16, 1890. 



My dear Poulton, — I went to the tennis ground 

 yesterday week, but, as I expected, on account of the 

 rain, found nobody there. 



I now write to ask you if you would have any 

 objection to my borrowing with acknowledgment 

 figures from your book for mine, supposing the pub- 



' Professor Kitchen Parker, F.K.S. ^ Mr. B. Scott, F.E.S. 



