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Salins (Jura), France

10 March 77.

Dear Sir

I have ordered my publisher in Zurich to send you a copy of my 4to vol. intilted [sic]: “Explication d'une seconde édition de la Carte géologique de la Terre”,¹ care of Messrs. Macmillan & Co; and I hope it will reach you safely, in a few days.

In order that you may not lost [sic] time in looking over; allow me to call your attention on the following pages: 33 ([illeg.] ^{Cambrian or} Taconic terra firma & water in the time of the Primordial fauna).

p. 47 & 48. (Dromatherium sylvestre & Ichnology).

p. 81, to 82 (old continents round Europe).

page 163 (old continents in South America).

page 181, 182, 183, 184 & 185 (please read those 5 pages carefully; my explanation p. 185 about the origin of the Gallapagos [sic] fauna [2] differ from your [sic] in the Geog. Distribution)²

p. 187 you will find your name quoted.

p. 192 (faune triasique européenne, vivant in New Zealand).

p. 205, 206 & 207.

At the end of the volume there is a reduced Geol. map of the world. The larger one in 8 sheets, I cannot send; but you may see it at the library of the Geological Society Burlington House, or at Stanford.

Allow me a few remarks on your vol. II, "Geographical Distribution of Animals"

page 51. Tropical north america [sic]; it seems that Tropical Central America is more appropriate.

page 79. Besides Jamaica we have detailed accounts [3] of the Geology of two third [sic] of Hayti (see on the topography & Geology of Santo Domingo, by W. M. Gabb 4to in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. vol. XV, 1833, Philadelphia. Contains also some gzoological researches I think).

page 114. East of the Rocky Mountains; it ought to be West

p. 115 “a full half of it is a mantle of ice.” no! only one third

p. 114 & 115. last line of 114 & first line of 115 “there east of the Misisippi [sic]" instead of Misisippi- [sic], I will suggest Rocky Mountains, which is true.

p. 128 "tortoises it is deficient owing to the absence of lakes etc. etc."; but they [sic] are many lakes such as: Tulare, Buena vista & Kern [4] or Bakersfield, Mono, Owens, Walker, Bigler, Canyon, Pyramid, Winemuca [sic], Honey lakes etc. etc.)

p. 128. Oreortyx picta extend to arizona [sic], in the valley of the Colorado & Bill Williams fork.

p. 176. [illeg.] 1. 2. 3. 4 under Palaearctic, & put these numbers under Oriental, also put no 1, at the Ethiopian.

p. 193. “in Nebraska” add “now Dakota”

p. 194 idem idem

p. 195. Ictitherium in Veverridae [sic] & p. 197 it is put again among the Hyaenidae.

p. 198. Pliocene of Oningghen [sic]; now it is Miocene.

I like your work more & more; it is splendid.

very truly yours | Jules Marcou³ [signature]