1845 LETTER FROM MANTELL 271 



completion of this new and imperishable monu- 

 ment of your genius, talents, untiring industry, 

 and successful research. 



1 How I wish I had the abilities, the means, 

 and the leisure to bring out such a volume on 

 the flora and fauna of the country of the igua- 

 nodon ! But, alas ! I must be content to have 

 obtained a distant glimpse of that " Land of 

 Promise," which more fortunate and worthier 

 cultivators of natural science will enter and ex- 

 plore. . . .' 



