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infinitely better about hardiness, intellect, price, &c, 

 of monkeys than F. Buckland, but with him it 

 must be viva voce. 



Frank says you ought to keep an idiot, a deaf 

 mute, a monkey, and a baby in your house ! 



Ever yours sincerely, 



Ch. Daewin. 



Dunskaith, Eoss-shire, N.B. : Sept. 10, 1878. 



My dear Mr. Darwin, — Having been away for a 

 week's deer-stalking in the hills, I have only to-day 

 received your letter together with the book. Thank 

 you very much for both, and also for the hints about 

 E spinas and Bartlett. I am glad you thought well 

 of the letter to the ' Times.' In a book I shall be able 

 to make more evident what I mean. 



Frank's idea of ' a happy family ' is a very good 

 one ; but I think my mother would begin to wish 

 that my scientific inquiries had taken some other 

 direction. 



The baby too, I fear, would stand a poor chance 

 of showing itself the fittest in the struggle for exist- 

 ence. 



I am now going to write my concluding paper on 

 Medusse, also to try some experiments on luminosity 

 of marine animals. 



Ever sincerely and most respectfully yours, 



Geo. J. Romanes. 



In addition to other scientific and purely philo- 

 sophical work, Mr. Romanes had, even while writing 

 his Burney Prize, entered on that period of conflict 



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