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tinge his cheeks. At parting, the Earl presented 

 him with several rare books. 



While in London he received the thanks of the 

 Zoological Society for the present of thirty-six skins, 

 (eighteen Mammalia and eighteen birds), from North 

 America, which were deposited in the British 

 Museum. At a General Meeting of the Society, held 

 on the 6th of December, writes the Secretary, John 

 Barlow : " You were balloted for and elected as a 

 Foreign Correspondent of the Zoological Society of 

 London." 



FROM JOHN EDWARD GRAY, 



The Eminent Naturalist in Charge of the British 

 Museum. 



BRITISH MUSEUM, Nov. 1st, 1838. 



My Dear Sir: I have sent you the Volume 

 promised. I hope that it may interest you, and 

 furnish you with a little information respecting the 

 Continental Collection. Hoping soon to see more of 

 your labors as it is to you, that I look for a good 

 account of the American Mammalia. I expect soon 

 to print my synopsis of Mammalia, and will send 

 you it directly it appears, but I consider it my duty 

 first to attend to the wants of the Collection under 

 my charge, so it may be delayed sometime. Wish- 

 ing you a very pleasant voyage. * 



J. E. GRAY. 



We trace the movements of Dr. Bachman through 

 the following letter written by his daughter Eliza 

 (afterwards Mrs. Victor Audubon), to her younger 



