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Ceratodus and means by which the fishes were procured — to do my duty fairly as Editor. I 

 have not time for many, but what are added you will see before they are printed off. The report 

 on the Shore-Fishes might be as good as that on the birds which will give all the information 

 we have. I will send you tomorrow the Mss. — and you will see that we have taken no little trouble 

 correcting spelling, adding authorities, etc., etc. I would have certainly left out that long 

 Geographical list altogether. It seems little more than a repetition of the main list. I will leave 

 it out yet if you have no objection for I do not think it improves the appearance of the paper. 



I have not the proof at hand — it is at the Office in Town but I will see it tomorrow and write 

 again what I think had best be done. 



Yrs faithfully, 



C. Wyville Thomson 



Bonsyde 



Linlithgow, N.B. 



March 10, 1880 

 Dear Dr. Giinther: 



I daresay your plates are now nearly finished and the rest of the volume is ready. All you 



need to do is to correct any errors in spelling and so on in the text, and I would like to have it 



as soon as convenient. 



Yrs. faithfully, 



C. Wyville Thomson 



Bonsyde 



Linlithgow, N.B. 



March 22, 1880 

 Dear Dr. Giinther: 



I must apologize for having entirely forgotten to send Ceratodus. I suppose you have been 

 waiting for it before sending the corrected proof. I will be glad of the proof whenever you 

 are ready for we are anxious to set the type free. 



There is another little matter which I ought to mention. I see you have communicated a 

 paper to the Linnaean Society on some of the deep-sea fishes. If any report or abstract of that 

 paper is published I would be greatly obliged if you would add to the heading " Published by 

 permission of the Lord Commissioners of the Treasury ". 



Of course in making this request I am only obeying my own instructions from the Treasury. 



Yrs faithfully, 



C. Wyville Thomson 



29 March 1880 

 Dear Sir Wyville:* 



The specimen of Ceratodus arrived safely on Saturday last, and I return it today with the 

 proof sheets. 



The proofs are corrected with the exception of 1 . The Geographical List which you propose 

 to leave out. I see no objection to it and only regret that it was set up in type, time and expense 

 being thereby saved. 2. Of the enumeration of the specimens of each species which I have left 

 as you have had it set up. 



With regard to my discourse at the Linnean Society, it referred to results of examinations made 

 by myself long ago or others more recently independently of the Challenger Collections. 



* This unsigned letter, much emended, appears to be the first draft of Gunther's answer to 

 Thomson's of March 22, 1880. 



