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any inaccuracies the work may contain should 
be improperly attributed, it may be necessary to 
add, that it has not undergone the revision of 
major Smith, or of any other naturalist; the 
major’s communications have been made from 
abroad, and incorporated into the manuscript 
previously prepared. 
Much useful assistance has also been afforded 
to the present undertaking by J. E. Gray, Esq. 
with a kindness and alacrity which have ren- 
dered it doubly valuable. 
