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Thanks JF for his book.

At present has no observations he wishes made in India.

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Letter of introduction for Montagu Lubbock.

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Requests snake poison for experiment.

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Sends observations of poison acting on glands of Drosera. Poison acts as a stimulant to protoplasm. Very remarkable that poison acts so differently on the cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.

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Cobra poison is a stimulant to protoplasm. Poison acts very differently on cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.

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Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.

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Thanks for copy of CD’s latest work [Insectivorous plants].

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Sends a copy of his book [The royal tiger of Bengal (1875)].

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Is trying to get some cobra poison for CD.

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Sends CD some cobra poison for his experiments.

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Action of cobra poison.

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Reports on results of experiments on effect of cobra poison on animal cilia and muscle.

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Will do experiments CD suggests.

Is sending his book on the poisonous snakes of India [The Thanatophidia of India (1872)].

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Is glad CD approves of his book;

has not yet done any more experiments on snake poison.

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Encloses results of experiments on influence of snake poison on ciliary action and vegetable protoplasm.