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to go to the place and examine the results of the 

 labors of the two Vosgian fishermen 1 We leave all 

 such reflections as these to the sense of the 

 reader." 



With this quarrel we are not directly inter- 

 ested; yet we may be allowed to express the 

 opinion, that neither M. Edwards nor M. Costa 

 would knowingly rob two humble fishermen of a 

 single laurel. And yet there does appear to be 

 something not quite right on the part of those 

 naturalists who claim the discovery as theirs. It 

 does seem a little singular that among so many 

 claimants for the honor of the discovery, noth- 

 ing had been said about it, until after Dr. Hax'o 

 presented it to the notice of the Academy of 

 Sciences. That Gehin and Reiny made the dis- 

 covery there can be no doubt whatever, and to 

 them belongs the credit of any valuable appli- 

 cation. 



