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  NOTE 
  ON 
  AN 
  UNPUBLISHED 
  EEPRINT 
  OF 
  A 
  PAPER 
  BY 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   BRAZIER 
  PUBLISHED 
  IN 
  THE 
  SYDNEY 
  MAIL, 
  2nd 
  DECEMBER, 
  

   1871. 
  

  

  Ey 
  H. 
  0. 
  N. 
  Shaw, 
  B.Sc, 
  F.Z.S., 
  etc. 
  

  

  Bead 
  14th 
  June, 
  1918. 
  

  

  I 
  HA.VE 
  thought 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  put 
  on 
  record 
  the 
  

   information 
  which 
  I 
  obtained 
  some 
  years 
  back 
  on 
  a 
  pamphlet 
  by 
  

   John 
  William 
  Brazier, 
  entitled 
  "Distribution 
  and 
  Geographical 
  

   Range 
  of 
  Cowries 
  in 
  Australasia 
  ". 
  

  

  My 
  attention 
  was 
  first 
  drawn 
  to 
  this 
  paper 
  by 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  it 
  on 
  

   p. 
  90 
  of 
  the 
  bibliography 
  of 
  J. 
  G. 
  Hidalgo's 
  Mo7iograJia 
  de 
  las 
  

   especies 
  vtvientes 
  del 
  Getiero 
  Cyprcea, 
  1906-7. 
  After 
  a 
  fruitless 
  

   search 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  obtain 
  a 
  copy 
  and 
  wrote 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Hedley, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Australian 
  Museum, 
  for 
  any 
  information 
  he 
  could 
  give 
  on 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  and 
  I 
  cannot 
  do 
  better 
  than 
  quote 
  an 
  extract 
  from 
  his 
  

   letter. 
  

  

  "The 
  pamphlet 
  by 
  Brazier, 
  'Distribution 
  and 
  Geographical 
  Range 
  of 
  

   Cowries 
  in 
  Australasia,' 
  cannot, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  quoted 
  as 
  a 
  legitimate 
  publication. 
  

   I 
  have 
  pp. 
  1-44, 
  which 
  Dr. 
  Cox 
  gave 
  me 
  several 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  reprint 
  was 
  destroyed 
  without 
  sale 
  or 
  circulation. 
  Its 
  history 
  was 
  

   that 
  Brazier 
  wrote 
  the 
  article 
  for 
  a 
  newspaper, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  note 
  (which 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  verified) 
  that 
  it 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Sydney 
  Mail, 
  December 
  2nd, 
  1871, 
  

   p. 
  1256. 
  The 
  type 
  was 
  rearranged 
  and 
  reprinted 
  in 
  book 
  form 
  for 
  Dr. 
  Cox. 
  

   A 
  stray 
  copy 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  Hidalgo, 
  whose 
  notice 
  of 
  it 
  probably 
  

   aroused 
  your 
  curiosity. 
  Probably 
  this 
  newspaper 
  will 
  be 
  available 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   London 
  libraries, 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  consult 
  the 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  original." 
  

  

  On 
  receiving 
  this 
  reply 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Cox, 
  wlio 
  very 
  kindly 
  sent 
  

   me 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  pages 
  1-44 
  as 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hedley. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  pamphlet 
  is 
  certainly 
  of 
  interest, 
  I 
  feel 
  bound 
  to 
  agree 
  

   with 
  Mr. 
  Hedley 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  little 
  scientific 
  value 
  and 
  in 
  any 
  case 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  accepted, 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  quoted 
  in 
  works 
  of 
  reference, 
  

   as 
  it 
  was 
  never 
  published 
  and 
  should 
  therefore 
  merely 
  rank 
  as 
  a 
  

   bibliographical 
  oddity. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  in 
  vain 
  to 
  obtain 
  or 
  even 
  see 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sydnexj 
  Mail 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hedley. 
  

  

  