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system of Taxidermy which he created, and in which 

 he gave me personal instruction. 



I have much pleasure in recording my obligations to 

 Edmund Waterton, Esq., who kindly permitted access 

 to the old family records, which he is now arranging 

 for publication. Also to A. K. Wallace, Esq., and Dr. 

 P. L. Sclater, Secretary of the Zoological Society, for the 

 assistance which they rendered in identifying several 

 of the birds; and to J. Britten, Esq., of the British 

 Museum, for the great pains which he took in ascer- 

 taining the names of some of the Guianan trees, with- 

 out which names the work would have been imperfect. 



