130 THE NAUTILUS. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Mr. John Ritchie, Jr. of Boston paid a short visit to his con- 

 ohological friends in Philadelphia Feb. 3d and 4th, being the guest 

 of Mr. Ford. 



TuLOTOMA IN THE TENNESSEE DRAINAGE. — As the Paint Rock 

 River is a tributary of the Tennessee and hence in the Ohio drain- 

 age, it may be of interest to note that a fossil specimen of Tulotoma 

 magnifiea Con. was recently found about 20 miles from its mouth. 

 T. rnagaifica is a living species of the lower Coosa. — H. E. Sargent, 

 Woodville, Ala. 



Rev. Samuel Lockwood, Ph. D., well known in New Jersey as 

 an enthusiastic student of the Natural History of the State, died at 

 his residence in Freehold, N. J., on Jan. 10th. 



Some Final Remarks Relative to Cypr.t:a Greegori, Ford. 

 — Since Mr. Smith has, in the January number of the Nautilus, 

 deemed it expedient to make a purely scientific subject, the vehicle 

 of remarks chiefly personal in character, it is just possible that com- 

 ment is uncalled for from me. It might be prudent, however, to 

 notice one or two of the gentleman's statements, especially that 

 touching the ease with which he could take Mr. Ford's paragraphs 

 seriaiuni, and confute them, etc. In respect to this show of confi- 

 dence, I have nothing to suggest beyond referring liim to the follow- 

 ing not very classic, but rather trite saying, viz. : "The man who is 

 always sure that he could have managed things better had be been 

 there, is usually the one who never gets there." 



Regarding the quoted phrases so pathetically alluded to by the 

 gentleman, I cannot believe that any reader save himself ever sup- 

 posed they were presented as parts of his communication. 



Certainly such a thought never occurred to me. The " inverted 

 commas " were added to them simjaly as evidence of their general 

 use. Was this fact apparent to Mr. Smith ? Perhaps not, and yet 

 — Perhaps. 



As my reasons for claiming priority for the name C. Greegori were 

 fully explained in the Nautilus for Nov., 1893 — and as the justice 

 of this claim has been heartily conceded by very many of our ablest 

 conchologists, I do not propose inflicting the reader with any further 



