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The former lot have the sternum quite straight, and 

 the latter lot have it deeply notched. 



I write to thank you for the copy of the new 

 edition of the i Variation ' which I received a few days 

 ago. I am very glad to see that you have thought 

 my views about rudimentary organs worth a place, 

 and that you speak so well of them. 



The chapter on Pangenesis is admirable. The 

 case is so strong, that it makes me more anxious than 

 ever to get positive results in this year's experiments. 

 I mean there seems less doubt than ever that such 

 results must be obtainable if one hammers long 

 enough. I did not know that there were so many 

 cases of graft-hybridisation in potatoes. Perhaps it 

 will be better this year to give one's main energies to 

 other vegetables. 



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

 of the jelly-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. 'Romanes. 



6 Queen 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. Darwin. 



