Agri-Horticultural Journal — India Review. 613 



India would then have something substantial to learn with regard 

 to their own country ; and under competent teachers, might then 

 be made to comprehend even Homer and Milton, as well as the 

 use and application of Bacon and Locke's Essays. As it is, we 

 look upon the system of the Indian Educational Council as a 

 baseless fabric, and the mere reading of Homer, Bacon, &c, a 

 poor object of instruction. 



Agri- Horticultural Society's Journal, and India Review. 



When censuring in our last number, (page 460,) the editorial 

 mistakes of our contemporaries, arising from the indiscriminate pub- 

 lication of scraps of private letters and memoranda, we regret to 

 find that we unintentionally appear to direct our observations to 

 other parties, than the conductors of the Journals to which we 

 referred. 



Our allusion in a note to the introduction of the Deodar, was only 

 intended to illustrate the carelessness of the editors in publishing, 

 without explanation, the short memoranda of distinguished writers, 

 which are liable if unexplained, to be misunderstood. The introduction 

 of the Deodar into Great Britain is a service which may, or may not, 

 be due equally to Drs. Royle and Falconer, and the allusion to Dr. 

 Royle only, in Colonel Sykes's memorandum, we believe to be 

 from inadvertence; but it would be absurd to suppose that either 

 Colonel Sykes or Dr. Royle, would wish to deprive Dr. Fal- 

 coner of any portion of credit that might attach to him from this, 

 or any other improvement. The zeal of Dr. Royle, his example, 

 and success in directing the attention of the European public to 

 the interest and value of the natural products of India, is entitled 

 to our highest respect : to say nothing of the talents with which he 

 has himself prosecuted the study of every branch of Natural His- 

 tory during a long residence in this country, and we should be sorry, 

 if from any inadvertent expression on our part, we should appear 

 for a moment to think otherwise. 



