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have seen it; every country gentleman has it in his 

 library. Won't you let me put you down for a copy?" 

 Naturally he could not refuse a work which every coun- 

 try gentleman possessed, and down went his name on 

 the list; later he received the volumes and also a bill 

 for fifty pounds. John Gould is said to have left a 

 fortune of eighty thousand pounds. 



Probably no class of men with kindred tastes are 

 bound together with stronger ties of good fellowship 

 than the naturalists. Their free-masonry extends to 

 every clime and race, and knows no distinction of lan- 

 guage, class or station; but, as with all serious workers, 

 occasional jealousies or disputes occur to ruffle the seren- 

 ity of their lives. Though we have been obliged to 

 touch upon some of these incidents, they are nevertheless 

 quite exceptional. 



