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Excerpt from The Zoologist, 1850, Vol. 8: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History
I must not allow this opportunity to pass by of inviting particular attention to the extracts from the letters of Mr. Bates (zool. 2668, 2715, 2789, 2886, and now devoting the prime of his life to natural-history researches in the interior of South America, and of expressing my admiration for the zeal, the energy, the bravery, and the true devotion to the cause of science which have led him to wander alone beneath a tropical sun, and to devote his entire time to making collections of the least remunerative objects of Natural History. May honour and success reward his labours!
In accordance with the custom of former years I now proceed to give a sketch of our progress during 1850.
In Mammalia, I believe no new facts have been elicited, and as te gards this country no additions have been made to our Fauna.
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