can get sway from London. 
I have temporarily turned from birds to fish and am 
rearing swordtails in isolation and under various experimental 
conditions, hoping to test their choiee of mates when they 
are old enough to he interested in such things, i.e. when they 
are a few months old. Whether this will work or not I don't 
know hut it seems that it should he xstxxiixxXxy possible 
and as the species is MXxhkx polymorhic (in domes tica tion) 
one can try rearing one phase with i n<y, another colour 
etc. It all rather a business and A i Always expect to 
electrocute myself on the tanks - a fea t which Desmond once 
achieved, according to Fae. There is a chance that one may 
he able to Imprint (at least in a related species) and if so 
it is a convenient animal because it breeds relatively early. 
Indeed this matter of early breeding was what decided us on 
workinc on this fish in the first plaxre. 
ever 
Did you xxxx get the report on the confe once from 
Frank ? You will probably have heard that Brenda has died 
so I don't like to write about the report at the moment. 
If you have had nothing from him I will send you my copy 
xXxthK to look at and you con return it. 
I arather from Fae that you are off on another trio around 
World and its neighbouring . No chance I suppose 
of dropping in here. It can hardly be much out of your way. 
All the best 
n;i<€ 
fs. 
t-wo 
