
          I know he considers me forward
 and sometimes presuming:what
 appeared such has always been the
 prompting of an active mind, desirous
 of carrying out his plans so as to
 relieve him of trouble. That I have
 had any desire of notoriety or
 that it is my disposition to make
 a flourish before the world it
 would I think be difficult to
 prove.


 As I have always been, so
 I am now ready to carry out the
 plans of the Institution to the
 spirit and letter. I think that
 knowledge would be advanced some
 by expending less on publications
 and more on the Natural History
 operations, not mere taxidermal
 outlays etc., but active researches
 and exploration etc. That
 the collecting together extended
 materials for Natural History
 monographs is legitimately connec-
 ted with Prof Henry's system is 
 shown by the fact that 3/4 of all
 the expenditures by the Institution
 on publications have been for the


  
        