90 Copy of a Letter from Mr. Strickland. 



three Islands the great interest which European Ni- 

 t iralists take in the subject of the Dodo and its allies, 

 if some extracts from my published [taper (sent you I 

 believe by Sir W. Trevelyan) or from this letter, were 

 inserted in the newspapers of Mauritius and Bourbon. 



In Rodrigues it may be well worth while to excavate 

 the floor of the two caverns mentioned to you by Capt. 

 Kelly. Of course also it would be most desirable to 

 identify the locality where the bones were procured 

 some years ago, as it would hold out the best hope of 

 finding more. 



I feel confident, from the interest which you take in 

 the subject, that you will forgive my freedom in thus 



addressing you, and am, Sir, 



Your most obedient and obliged servant, 



H. E. Strickland. 



