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ture, will their habits be similar? 2. If two animals resemble 

 each other in external appearance, will their habits be similar ? 

 3. If two animals resemble each other in form and structure, will 

 their pliysical and geographical distribution be similar ?" The 

 numerous facts which were produced under each of these heads, 

 justified the reply in the negative. When I read the title of Mr 

 Conybeare"'s paper, " Answer,"" &c. I was at first struck with the 

 boldness of the attempt to outargue demonstration, and did ex- 

 pect that he would have ventured on the examination of the dif- 

 ferent points I had discussed, and have endeavoured either to dis- 

 prove my facts, or to combat the soundness of the conclusions 

 which I had drawn from them. I regret to find, however, that 

 it did not suit the tactics of my opponent to pursue so straight 

 a course. He seems to have been aware of the impregnable 

 nature of the positions which I had taken up, and wisely kept 

 at a distance, resolved, however, to practise a little desultory 

 skirmishing, to convince his friends that his spirit is not wholly 

 subdued. To soothe his feelings, by giving him employment, 

 I shall put a few light troops in the pursuit, ordering them to 

 trace every step he has taken ; fight him wherever he pleases to 

 make a stand ; and, should he oflf'er to surrender, to give him 

 honourable terms, not on account of his dignified conduct since 

 the commencement of the campaign, but in consideration of his 

 former good character, and the efforts he has made to restore the 

 Eualio Sauri ; but, above all, his connection with our esteemed 

 ally, " The Geology of England and Wales." 



The first paragraph of the " Answer," begins with what Mr 

 Conybeare probably imagined I would value as a compliment, 

 and ends with a sentence intended for condemnation. In natural 

 history, 1 am styled " a diligent and meritorious compiler ;" 

 while, in geology, my " information is evidently extremely li- 

 mited." 



Falsus honor juvat, et mendax infamia terret. 



Quem, nisi mendosum et mendacem. 



With the value or e ctent of my compilations from the works of 

 naturalists, or from the book of Nature, Mr Conybeare is in igno- 

 rance, as the sequel will demonstrate ; and he is in the same state 

 with regard to my geological labours, or the extent of my collec- 

 tion of organic remains. Is it not probable that an individual who 

 permits himself to praise or to censure an author whose works he 



