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consulted the whole of these, according to their dates, he might have 

 spared a great part of his censorial remarks. Let Mr. Ogilby consult 

 the very first catalogue, and he will find, that most of his identifica- 

 tions of my so-called new species, with others recorded by authors, had 

 been priorly indicated by myself. Let Mr. Ogilby have patience, and 

 he will still find, that several of these species are really new. With re- 

 gard to Semnopithecus, Entellus, Papio Rhesus, Cercopithecus Radia- 

 tus, Manis Macrourus, Cervus Equinus, not I, but the late Mr 

 Bennett, is answerable for the errors committed where such there be, 

 as I have letters of his to prove: and so too, for the misappropriation in 

 reference to Felis Viverrinus. Of that species, my specimens had 

 reached London before Mr. Heath's, and been seen by Mr. Bennett, 

 who had suggested to me the Viverrine likeness, which I was contend- 

 ing was confined to the head; when to my surprise, for Mr. Bennett 

 was in general singularly fair and courteous, suddenly appeared the 

 description of a novelty ascribed to Mr. Heath. Mr. Gray (apud Hard- 

 wicke) had meanwhile justly given the discovery of the species to me, 

 though he retained Mr. Bennett's name for it ; but as that name con- 

 veyed a false analogy, 1 have chosen to adhere to my own. In short, 

 Mr. Ogilby's critique is rather too much like a comment on the well- 

 known text, ''Woe betide the local researcher, who presumes to judge 

 of his own stores." 



Valley of Nipal, Dec. 1841. 



