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9. Schizothorax planifrons, id. o. c. t. viii. f. 2. Snout above the axis of the body, and some- 

 what recurved, crown depressed, cirri longer than in the others. 



10. Schizothorax esocinus, id. o. c. t. ix. Snout placed in the axis of the body, head long, 

 depressed; operculum terminates behind in a long angular process; mouth long, as in the ordinary 

 Barbels, spots dispersed irregularly on the sides above the lateral line and on the base of the dorsal 

 and anal fins. 



This last form approaches to the true Barbels, and the succeeding species 

 described by INI. v. Heckel as Ba?'hus diplochilus, t, x. f. 1. is either an Orei- 

 nus or a Gonorhy?ichus. 



It would really seem as if we intended to leave all that requires either 

 intellect or observation to discover in the productions of India to our 

 neighbours on the continent. It is true, Natural History is not a pursuit 

 likely to enrich the individuals who follow it ; but as calculated to direct 

 the energies of a nation to practical objects, as well as to afford the best 

 promise of new articles either for our luxuries or our wants, its claims are 

 not to be despised.* To be fairly rivalled in any pursuits where facilities 



* It is not an uncommon thing with us, to witness the publication of journals, reports, travels, 

 and books of various kinds devoted to new countries, without a single remark to show that the au- 

 thor of any of them seemed at all aware that the creation consists of any thing deserving of observa- 

 tion but himself and his kind. However excusable this may be in the mere tourist, it is hardly so 

 in those who are supposed to have been selected for their presumed acquirements as Naturalists. 



While we are thus indifferent to objects that should connect our names with the science of our 

 country, the collections of M. Jacquemont, M. A. DeLessert, M. Von Hiigel, and other distinguish- 

 ed foreigners arc daily appearing, some under the auspices of Societies abroad, and others under that 

 of foreign noblemen who devote their wealth to the promotion of science ; so that, however the 

 sciences of Europe may be expressed in the English language, those of India are likely to be found 

 only in languages foreign to the English student. Tiie Indian Education Committee, at whose door 

 Buchanan's MSS. have so long lain, while ten thousand pounds a year liave been expended by 



them in juvenile schools, should look to the situation to wiiii'li they are soon likely to be reduced. 



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