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to go to the place and examine the results of the 

 labors of the two Vosgian fishermen? We leave all 

 such reflections as these to the sense of the 

 reader." 



With this quarrel we are not directly inter- 

 ested; yet we may he allowed to express the 

 opinion, that neither M. Edwards nor M. Costa 

 would knowingly rob two humble fishermen of a 

 single laurel. And yet there does appear to be 

 something not quite right on the part of those 

 naturalists who claim the discovery as theirs. It 

 does seem a little singular that among so many 

 claimants for the honor of the discovery, noth- 

 ing had been said about it, until after Dr. Haxo 

 presented it to the notice of the Academy of 

 Sciences. That Gehin and Remy made the dis- 

 covery there can be no doubt whatever, and to 

 them belongs the credit of any valuable appli- 

 cation. 



