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many years he labored zealously as a practitioner, he made important contri- 

 butions, in the department of pathology. His paper upon the subject of Cholera 

 Infantum is an admirable and original ^dition to the knowledge of that 

 disease, by which medical literature was enriched, and American medical 

 authorship advanced in estimation abroad. It is looked upon as authoritative, 

 with respect to the true pathology of the affection. 



As a member of the Academy he labored industriously, and from the time 

 of his election was devoted to the interests of the Institution. His depart- 

 ment was that of Herpetology, and I may appeal to the collection for proof of 

 his usefulness, and to the publications for evidences of his ability to place be- 

 fore the public the large amount of new information derived from the materials 

 at his command. When a few years ago he was stricken down by disease, his 

 loss as a working member of the Academy was severely felt and lamented. 



As an associate Dr. Hallowell was a favorite of his fellow members. His 

 manners were always urbane and deferential to the views and feelings of 

 others, his temperwas uniformly equable and not readily ruffled ; the kindness 

 of his heart was a perennial spring, while his sense of justice led him to 

 acknowledge the merits and the services of all who, like himself, were en- 

 gaged in scientific occupations. 



We have lost in him a worthy and beloved associate, and most sincerely 

 deplore his too early death, although to him it is a gain. 



The following resolutions were then offered by Dr. Le Conte and 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the Academy has learned with sincere regret the death of its 

 late member, Dr. Edward Hallowell. 



Resolved, That in Dr. Hallowell the Academy has lost one of its most en- 

 thusiastic and laborious students and valued associates ; one who has endeared 

 himself to his fellow members, as well by his high personal qualities as by 

 his steadfast and successful pursuit of science. 



March Qth. 

 Vice President Bridges in the Chair. 

 Forty members present. 



Dr. Joseph Wilson (Surgeon U. S. Navy) related that he had in his pos- 

 session, during some months, on board of the U. S. ship Vandalia, a female 

 whelp of a small Ocelot, (Felis pardalis minimus,) commonly called "tiger- 

 cat." It was obtained in Realejo, Nicaragua, in the month of December, 1858. 

 At that time it was too young to eat anything except milk, but gradually came 

 to eat crumbs of bread from her cup, and small scraps of meat. The animal was 

 light gray, beautifully marked with dark elliptical rings and spots, light un- 

 derneath ; ears quite short, rounded, with a lunated white spot on top ; the 

 tail about the length of the body and nearly black. She was of the size of an 

 ordinary cat, and weighed five pounds eight ounces when ten months old. 

 She was transferred to the Doctor's protection in March 1859, when her age 

 was conjectured to be four months. She was named Miss Tiger by accla- 

 mation, and became reconciled to her change of abode much more readily 

 than I was prepared to expect. The Vandalia was miserably infested by rats, 

 and in the course of a few hours she received her first lesson in the valuable 

 accomplishment of catching them. A young rat was caught in a trap and pre- 

 sented to her attention ; she hesitated but a moment, when she commenced 

 struggling to get at it, and when permitted she pounced upon it with great 

 fierceness ; she walked about growling with her prize, evidently proud of the 

 conquest. She afterwards played with it for about three hours, performing 

 many fantastic tricks in the way of tossing it up and catching it as it came 



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