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did Gundlach show his gratitude to the children of his bene- 

 factor. 



The collection was completely installed in its new quarters 

 by the middle of 1895, and on the i/th of July of this year, 

 Gundlach celebrated at the Museum his eighty-fifth birthday, 

 a very happy man, his ambitions achieved, surrounded by his 

 many friends, among whom were the Cardenas, who were 

 present to see once more the collection they had lost sight of 

 for eleven long years. Unfortunately he was to enjoy this 

 satisfaction but a short time. An attack of grippe developing 

 into broncho-pneumonia hastened the end. He nevertheless 

 continued attending to his daily duties at the Museum till ap- 

 proximately a month before his death, when upon getting out 

 of a car on his way home, he fell in a syncope, having to be 

 carried in a chair to his house at (old) No. 51 5th Street, cor- 

 ner of "G," Vedado, Habana, which he did not again leave alive. 

 He slowly weakened, though most tenderly nursed through 

 this, his last illness, by Mrs. Cecilia de Cardenas. It was she 

 who gave him his last glass of milk after drinking which he 

 turned over and quietly fell asleep never to awake. Thus 

 passed away, on the I7th of March, 1896, the dreams of his 

 life realized, one of the noblest men the world has known. 



There is not much more to be said. The collection is today 

 as he left it in its mahogany and glass cases in the specially 

 built department over the Library of the Institute. The fronts 

 of the cases are screwed, and only opened from time to time 

 for cleaning. The room is kept closed, but the collection may 

 be seen by special appointment by any who may be interested. 

 A few of the smaller specimens have deteriorated and some 

 have disappeared, otherwise they are in good condition. Its 

 present curator is Dr. Pedro Valdes y Raguez. Gundlach's 

 library is also at the Institute, but Dr. Carlos de la Torre has 

 his entomological and malacological note books, while Dr. 

 Torralbas has an unedited work of Gundlach's on the Crusta- 

 ceans of Cuba. 



