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billed birds. It is remarkable that You and Gouan shouh 

 be both publishing Ichthyology together. 



I have also written to my South country corresponden 

 at Gibraltar, 1 & urged him to take up the study of Natun 

 a little ; & to habituate his mind to attend to the migration 

 of birds & fishes ; & to the plants, fossils, and insects of tha 

 part of the world. I have also sent him y r British zoology 

 that he may see what is going on at home : & my Brother 

 has sent him Ray's Synopsis avium & piscium, the System^ 

 Natures, Ray's Synop : animalium quadrup" 1 &c. As t< 

 birds, I fear that the concourse & din of a garrison will no 

 prove very inviting to such timid animals : & long o 

 frequent excursions into Andalusia may not be allowed o 

 by the bigotted & narrow-minded Spaniards ; nor be con 

 sistent with the strict & rigid discipline of a place at arm 

 surrounded with a constant blockade of jealous enemies 

 However I could earnestly wish to see a well executei 

 Fauna from that part of the world. 



It is a matter of no small satisfaction to me to hear tha 

 You are so forward in your work, & that it is to appear ii 

 spring.] 



I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology 

 If fortune had settled me near the sea-side, or near som 

 great river, my natural propensity would soon have urgei 

 me to have made myself acquainted with their produc 

 tions : but as I have lived mostly in inland parts, and in ai 

 upland district, my knowledge of fishes extends little farthe 

 than to those common sorts which our brooks and lake 

 produce. 



[With the greatest esteem 

 I remain, your obedient, and obliged servant, 

 GIL : WHITE.] 



1 -His brother John. [R. B. S.] 2 His brother Benjamin. [R. B. S.] 



