1845 LETTER FROM MANTELL 271 
completion of this new and imperishable monu- 
ment of your genius, talents, untiring industry, 
and successful I'esearch. 
‘ How I wish I had the abilities, the means, 
and the leisure to bring out such a volume on 
the flora and fauna of the country of the igua- 
nodon ! But, alas ! I must be content to have 
obtained a distant glimpse of that “ Land of 
Promise,” which more fortunate and worthier 
cultivators of natural science will enter and ex- 
plore. . . 
