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rest by night. That frail structure, crowded 

 from garret to cellar with seeming rubbish, 

 with boxes, cases, barrels, casks still unpacked 

 and piled one above the other, held for him 

 the treasure out of which he would give form 

 and substance to the dream of his boyhood 

 and the maturer purpose of his manhood. 

 The hope of creating a great museum intelli- 

 gently related in all its parts, reflecting na- 

 ture, and illustrating the history of the ani- 

 mal kingdom in the past and the present, had 

 always tempted his imagination. Nor was it 

 merely as a comprehensive and orderly collec- 

 tion that he thought of it. From an educa- 

 tional point of view it had an even greater 

 value for him. His love of teaching prompted 

 him no less than his love of science. Indeed, 

 he hoped to make his ideal museum a power- 

 ful auxiliary in the interests of the schools 

 and teachers throughout the State, and less 

 directly throughout the country. He hoped 

 it would become one of the centres for the 

 radiation of knowledge, and that the investi- 

 gations carried on within its walls would find 

 means of publication, and be a fresh, original 

 contribution to the science of the day. This 

 hope was fully realized. The first number of 

 the Museum Bulletin was published in March, 



