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more purely physiological, but of late I had begun to 

 incline towards the former, and your opinion has now 

 settled mine. 



I have not previously heard of the book by the 

 Belgian physicist, and should much like to read it. I 

 have already such a number of your books that I fear 

 you must sometimes miss them ; but I can return any 

 of them at a minute's notice. 



I had thought of keeping a monkey and teaching 

 its young ideas how to shoot, and wrote to Frank 

 Buckland for his advice as to the best kind to get, 

 but he has never answered my letter. The case 

 about the lens is a capital one. 



I have such a host of letters to answer, which 

 have accumulated during my absence, that I must 

 make this a short one. Your ' congratulations ' are 

 of more value to me than any of the others, and I 

 thank you for them much. 



Ever your devoted disciple, 



Geo. J. Eomanes. 



P.S. — Science is not a world where a man need 

 trouble himself about getting more credit than is due. 



From C. Darwin. 



Down : Sept. 2, 1878. 



My dear Eomanes, — Many thanks for your letter. 

 I am delighted to hear that you mean to work the 

 comparative psychology well. I thought your letter 

 to the ' Times ' very good indeed. Bartlett, at the 

 Zoological Gardens, I feel sure, would advise you 



