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THE - CONCHOLOGISTS? EXCHANGE: 
Ghe Canchalagists’ Lechange, 
A Publication designed for Conchologists and 
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Editorial dlotes. 
SINCE our last issue we have received word 
through Professor George W. Tryon, Jr., of the 
sad death of Mr. Andrew Garrett, at Huahine, 
Society Islands, a more detailed account of 
whose useful life and labors we will print in the 
January number. As a child, Mr. Garrett gave 
decided evidences of his self-reliant character 
and thirst for scientific knowledge, for we read 
that he took a journey alone of a hundred 
miles or more to visit a museum, at the age of 
eight years. ‘This trait of character induced 
him later on to leave home for Polynesia, where 
he has since resided a close student of Nature, 
preferring Conchology to other branches of 
| friends and correspondents. 
study, and making that his life-work. That 
his work has been well done is attested by his 
numerous writings, his large collections, and 
the unsolicited testimony of his neighbors and 
correspondents. Mr. Garrett was an unassuming 
man, learned in his own right and by the power 
of his will, and he has left an heritage to our 
youth, that of self-reliance, by which they may 
also lead lives of usefulness and honor. 
WE will not be able to print in this number 
a continuation of the article, ‘‘ Notes upon the 
Unionidz of Southern Florida, by Dr. S. Hart 
Wright and Mr. Berlin H. Wright, owing to 
the non-receipt of copy, but we hope to do this 
in next issue. 
A FEW of our young readers have sent us 
communications of conchological interest, but 
our limited space will not permit us to print 
long dissertations on the discoveries of others, 
for such is what several of them are. What 
we want is ovzg7za/ matter—discoveries, éx- 
periments, and narratives of what the writers 
themselves have experienced. Much trouble 
and correspondence may be saved by our young 
friends if they will follow this rule. 
Mr. H. F. CARPENTER favored us with a 
visit lately, which we enjoyed hugely. Among 
the many interesting items of news obtained 
from this gentleman were the very interesting 
accounts of his finding Carychium exiguum, 
Say, on a hilltop, far removed from its usual 
habitat; and the discovery of the Cuban Coryda, 
alauda, Fer., in Rhode Island, by the roadside 
in a grove, where it had evidently been thrown 
from a bunch of bananas by a country trader. 
This beautiful animal is still alive in its shell, 
and still feeds on bananas, its native food. 
WE are making a determined effort to get 
January number to you earlier than usual, and 
if we do not succeed, it will be because of dila- 
tory copy. 
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