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ducted largely on the plan of the Pavilion Dolfuss 

 of the glacier of the Aar. Besides the artist Burk- 

 hardt, F. W. Putnam, assistant in care of the fishes, 

 was located there, and also successively the following 

 students : A. Hyatt, N. S. Shaler, A. Ordway, A. E. 

 Verrill, A. S. Bickmore, J. A. Allen, E. S. Morse, and 

 William H. Niles. 



On November 13, 1860, the inauguration of the 

 Museum took place in the presence of the governor 

 and his staff and escort of Lancers, and addresses 

 were made by Governor Banks, President Felton of 

 Harvard University, Dr. Jacob Bigelow, the chairman 

 of the Building Committee, and Professor Agassiz. It 

 was a happy day for the professor, and a well-deserved 

 reward for his Herculean exertions since his arrival in 

 the New World fourteen years previously. 



Of course everything at first was in confusion. Boxes, 

 empty or full of specimens, were piled up in all directions 

 in the workrooms. The great library purchased from 

 de Koninck lay on the floor in complete disorder. The 

 labourers employed were limited to an infirm Irishman, 

 who had great difficulty in walking, and another man 

 absolutely inexperienced in moving specimens. Besides 

 the cellars and attics in which were stored the collec- 

 tions kept in alcohol and in drawers, there were, on the 

 first floor, four halls for the lecture room, the work- 

 rooms, and library, and on the second floor four more 

 halls in which the collections for the public were dis- 

 played. The classification was zoological at first ; and 

 each assistant and pupil was assigned to a special class 

 of animals living and fossil. Afterward the animals 



