Before  we  proceed,  however,  we  must
acknowledge  our  incompetency  to  do  full
justice  to  our  topic.  Our  ambition  is
bounded  by  the  hope  that  we  may  draw
the  attention  of  some  one,  more  capable
than  we  are,  to  the  magnificent  range  of
subjects  which  would  so  richly  reward  in-
vestigation in  this  almost  unknown  region
of  the  world.  To  the  scientific  naturalist,  or
the  adventurous  traveller,  better  advice
cannot  be  given  than  to  say,  "  Go  to  Para-
guay :  there  you  will  meet  with  govern-
mental protection  in  the  prosecutipn  of
your  labors,  and  each  citizen  of  the  repub-
lic will  be  proud  to  oflferyou  all  hospitality
and  assistance.''

Without  being  able,  therefore,  to  add
anything  absolutely  new  on  the   Natural


*  Owing  io  the  absenoc  of  the  Editor  from  town,
several  typographical  errors  in  the  article  on  Para-
gaay,  in  the  September  number,  were  left  uncor-
rected. The  name  oi  the  author,  Mr.  E  A.  Hop-
kins, should  also  have  been  inserted.— Ed.
