14 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. 



might have mentioned others, but the labours of my brother are 

 much too numerous and too important, and have raised too high the 

 public estimation in which he is held, so that criticism may well be 

 spared, particularly when it is presented in an equitable manner ; but 

 as these questions relate indirectly only to fossil bones, I shall not 

 dwell on them. In some other portion of the new edition of his 

 works, a better opportunity will be presented for the treatment of 

 such subjects. 



