not be persuaded that the pr tend mistake § in the 
description has been committed. == 
I have in my possession a number of Trilobites, 
sent by the kindness of particular friends, or re- 
ceived from the patrons of natural history, who were 
desirous of encouraging my labours. I must, how- 
ever, for the present withhold my descriptions, as in 
some cases the characteristic lineaments are so faint 
as to render the species difficult to recognize, and in 
others a number of specimens in a better state of 
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preservation will be required in order to make out — 
clearly a distinction between them and those already 
before the public. These descriptions will therefore 
probably appear on some future occasion if I am not 
anticipated in my researches by some new aspirant; 
thirsting for fame among the Trilobites. 
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