98 nET^^CK correspondence. 



me the honour of countenancing my labours, that the ordinary 

 mode of making acknowledgements seems to me too stale and in. 

 sufficient for such uncommon condescension. 



I am. 



Sir, 

 With the greatest respect. 



Your obliged and obedt., 



Thomas Bewick. 



Sir John Trevelyau, Bart., 



Nettlecombc Court, 



Near Taunton, 



Somersetshire. 



Thomas Bewick to the Editor of the Newcastle Courant. 

 (Published in that paper on 21st October, 1826.) 



To the Editor of the Newcastle Courant. 



" Allow me to request a place in your paper, for the following 

 letter, from a worthy and highly respected Baronet, whose ar- 

 dour in the cause of science remains undiminished, notwitlistand- 

 ing his advanced age,* and from whose friendly communications 

 on various points of natural history, especially Ornithology, I 

 am proud and happy to acknowledge myself indebted on many 

 occasions. The fact contained in it, has I believe, never been 

 observed before, and adds a specimen of a very important genus 



of Birds to our Britisli Fauna." 



I am. etc.. T. B. 



(Sir Johx TRrvrr.vAX. Bart., to Thomas liKwicK.) 



Sir, 



T lately saw a neiglibour of mine, the Kev. Jolin ^latthew 



of Kilve, near Bridgewater, whose servant sliot a Vulture, in 



June last, in the above Parish. The Bird was first obser^'cd 



walking on a road, near the House; on being pursued, it flew 



towards the coast of the Bristol Channel, di.stant about a mile, 



where it was found sitting on the Beacli, and shot. It measured 



• sir John TrcTcIvftn at thin dntc was In hln nincty-fint year, liaving l)een bom on Cth 

 Fcby., 178fi. he tllwl nt Bath, on 18th April, l«2a 



W. 0. T. 



