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" If I fall into error with respect to Synonymes, those who have 

 studied the subject will readily excuse it, from their knowledge of the 

 difficulty of avoiding it. If I fail in my endeavours to define all the 

 British species of Spongia, I am sure of obtaining two desirable objects ; 

 — that of the pleasure and information the study and researches have 

 afforded me ; and also that of allowing the scientific to participate with 

 me in the benefit of these researches, which some friends have urged me 

 to publish." — Colonel Montagu. 



" Quant aux especes, surtout celles qui ont perdu leur couleur, il est 

 peut-etre encore plus difficile de les distinguer et de les faire distinguer 

 aux autres, les figures memes, quel que bonnes qu'ellcs soient, ne pou- 

 vant plus servir a reconnaitre les especes, mais seulement les individ'is, 

 qui presentent un nombre immense de vaiietes." — JBlainville, 



