Ill 
only published one, my Visit to Big- 
bone Lick. 
I was often urged by Dr. Harlan, 
who was the agent for Mi> F. to give 
him my remarks and criticisms on 
some of Silliman’s and Eaton’s min- 
erals, &c. but I delayed to do it, 
although I could have no partiality 
for the first, who has allowed Mr. 
Barnes to publish my Ohio Shells, 
over again in his pages, and other- 
wise neglected my labors. I was 
loath to become an ally in the avow- 
ed hostility against those respectable 
professors. 
In October 1831, I published my 
N. G. Trinectes , on which nothing 
was said by Dr. H. till March 1832. 
It was in my enumeration of some 
objects of my cabinet, containing not 
less than 117 new objects in eight 
pages, while Mr. F. has about eight 
in 1 17 pages of his Journal. Out of 
these 117 only six are criticised in 
May 1832. 
In March 1832, I published the 
first number of my Atlantic Journal, 
which I had announced in March 
1831 one year previous, before I was 
acquainted with Mr. F. and which 
my disappointment in his editorial 
management did not induce me to 
relinquish. This journal was not 
intended to clash with his ; but as 
Geology and Natural Science were 
included in my plan : it appears that 
this gave great offence to both editor 
and partner, which added to a latent 
jealousy or envy of my labors, in- 
duced both to break with me, and 
write me very unbecoming letters. 
The letter of Dr. Harlan inserted 
in this absurd review is dated only a 
few days after, and evinces his hos- 
tility by two false statements 1. He 
pretends that I never saw the bones 
of the Aulaxodon or Megalonyx, till 
in his possession. This is not only 
false but preposterous, since I had 
them for several years under my 
care , while Curator of Mr. Clifford’s 
Museum after his death, when re- 
moved to Transylvania University; 
but I had seen all the fossils of Clif- 
ford’s Museum,, since 1818. As to 
labels many were erroneous, as they 
are yet, on the shelves of Clifford’s 
Museum now in the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 
where some European fossils are 
mixed with American, to feed future 
geological blunders, and my beau- 
tiful N. G. Trianisites of 1818, is 
called Tyranites ! When Dr. H. 
showed me again the bones, my me- 
mory was not bent upon that sub- 
ject, yet I told him that I had cal- 
led them Jiuiaxodon^ from the sul- 
cate teeth: but not published them 
yet as doubtful. Thus Dr. PI. has 
published first these fossil remains 
as a new Megaonyx, and I gave him 
credit for it. While he has not done 
the same when he published my 
JSTecturus under a new name, as well 
as other animals, which I overlook- 
ed on the score of his personal 
friendship. It is not true that I have 
abolished the G. Megalonyx of Jef- 
ferson, which is a different animal. 
2dly. As to the fish called by me 
Trinectes in Oct. 1831, it is true that 
the first specimen was given me by 
Dr. H. who could make nothing of 
it, and called it a Flounder; but he 
gave me the specimen to describe 
name, figure and keep , I had then a 
right to send it to Cuvier, which I 
did to have his opinion on the stri- 
king want of anterior fins, making it 
a N. G. I quoted the true discoverer 
M. Carr, who at my request caught 
another for me, which Dr. Harlan 
took out of my hands in the pre- 
sence of Mr. Carr, when I showed 
him distinctly the want of apodal- 
fins forming a distinct N. G. from 
Jlchirus, Three other fishes un- 
known, to Dr. H., were lent me to 
describe, but returned afterwards as 
requested, with the names given 
them. So much for Dr. H’s veracity. 
Concerning the double review of 
Mr. F. the first relates to my enu- 
meration or rather only to the six 
first objects in it. I am accused of 
imposture, puerility and lack of Ge- 
ological knowledge; but the review- 
er has mistaken his own faults and 
deficiencies for mine! 
