} DEDICATION. TO HIS EARLIEST AND LATEST FRIEND, PROFESSOR ELLIOTT COUES, A. M., M. D., PH. D., ETC., DISTINGUISHED IN TWO CONTINENTS AS A SCIENTIST, CHERISHED BY THE FEW WHO KNOW HIM BEST FOR HIS WARM, UNSELFISH HEART AND CAPACITY FOR DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |