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find myself placed, at least, in independence, before I can 
even begin. I already feel something of the Bmrchell ^ spirit, 
and nobody need be sm'prised if (the necessary and just 
stimulus being withheld) I should lapse into such a condition 
as his — so far as my collections and materials for publication 
are concerned. 
1 William John Burchcll (1782-1863), the great explorer in S. Africa 
(1810-15) and Brazil (1826-9), published only a part of his S. African results. 
On his return with jet richer material from Brazil, the Prussian Government, 
it is said, offered him a handsome pension if he would settle with his collections 
in Berlin. This he refused, but Lis hopes of getting them published in England 
were bitterly disappointed. 
