Strice of Foraminiferous Tests. 141 



"Eozoon canadense" would be identical with foraminiferous 

 structure. As it is, it is just the opposite ! 



Having recorded the grounds on which I fail to recognize 

 in the so-called u Eozoon canadense 1 ' 1 the evidence of foramini- 

 ferous structure, I have no desire to go further in the matter 

 than to express my satisfaction at having had, after all, the 

 late Prof. Max Schultze's opinion that " the proper wall of 

 Carpenter " is of " inorganic origin " (' Annals,' 1874, vol. xiii. 

 p. 379). 



Reply to Criticism. 



As an expression used in my observations on the structure 

 called u Eozoon canadense" ('Annals,' vol. xiii. p. 377, May 

 1874) has brought forth a letter from Messrs. Parker, Jones, 

 and Brady, in the last number of this periodical (p. 64), 

 "On Priority in the Discovery of the Canal-system in Forami- 

 nifera," I reluctantly notice this, as it is painful to see people 

 so much more concerned in arrogating to themselves directly, 

 or through others, the worldly honour of discovery than con- 

 tented with the bare announcement of the fact. 



Whoever in a subject attempts the suum cuique should 

 have read every thing that has been written on that subject, 

 should be judicious in his award, and truthful in his com- 

 mentary — since he has often to deal with the dead who cannot 

 defend themselves, as well as the living who can. Neither is 

 it necessary only that he should tell the truth, but the " whole 

 truth ;" otherwise he has mistaken his avocation. He should 

 avoid the " suppressio veri." 



With reference to the letter above mentioned, the following 

 " extracts " may show how far, in the present instance, these 

 points have been fulfilled. 



Let us take the last paragraph of this letter first, which 

 runs as follows : — " We may just add that the appeal to Max 

 Schultze's work in confirmation of priority is not very fortunate ; 

 for the same three observers are all mentioned in the same para- 

 graph, the opening sentence of which is 'Eine Erwahnung 

 verdient hier das eigenthiimliche System von Canalen welches 

 Carter in der Schale von Operculina arabica und Williamson an 

 einer Faujasina beschrieben haben;' and as the dates 1852 and 

 1851 respectively are given in the footnote, it cannot be said 

 that the learned German professor assigns priority in dis- 

 covery specially to Mr. Carter." 



On this I would observe, it so happens that in the passage 

 here alluded to, in which I stated that " even Schultze in his 

 book, as well as I can remember (for I have not the work by 

 me to refer to), gives me the credit of having discovered the 



