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"the
to attract the attention of the Chinese, this leaving ... to be infused as the only alternative, that their
disappearance
for
was due to death
from neglect
and this charge -duced in the published Report
or maltreatment,
19.
is
now repro=
It is most unfortunate that before leaving the Colony Mr Ford did not carefully go through the catalogue of species with the Bowdler, specially marking
or marking those
on
which he placed most value. Mr Bowdler after Mr Ford's departure found himself with a
or rather an
imperfectly numbered, collection of plants and when he sought among
Mr. Ford's official
papers for the Key which would have given him the nomenclature
corresponding
to the numbered labels
and this enabled him to identify these plants and if necessary
to make a
list for himself, he found to his mortification and dis...
that Mr Ford
had taken
away
the Key with him
leaving
no
copy behind. After
This, Mr. Bowdler could not do more
than
a
General
care over
all plants alike. I still venture
to think that as the Bowdler was
going
to perform
kind of
Mr. Ford's duties
for four months without remuneration and at some personal inconvenience, in order to enable the superintendent to take his
vacation leave on
full salary, it
would only have been considerate on the latter officer to have parted with his knowledge.
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corresponding