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If Dr. Hayes could make in those high northern latitudes 

 collections of the lower forms of animal life, they would have 

 exceedingly great value. Indeed, there is scarcely any quar- 

 ter of the world that would yield richer results to an earnest 

 naturalist. 



Professor Agassiz regarded the question as in a certain 

 sense an American one, and thought that since an American, 

 Dr. Kane, had been the first to penetrate to the Polar Sea 

 through Smith Strait, it is the duty of Americans to carry on 

 the work. 



Professor Lovering, chairman of the special committee 

 appointed in October, 1858, for the purpose of co-operating 

 with Dr. Hayes, stated that three vacancies had occurred in 

 the committee by death or removal from the State, and 

 moved that these be filled by the chair. This having been 

 done, the committee was announced to consist of the follow- 

 ing gentlemen : — 



Prof. Joseph Lovering, Prof. H. L. Eustis, 



Hon. Nathan Appleton, Dr. B. A. Gould, and 



Prof. Theophilus Parsons, Theodore Lyman, Esq. 

 Edward Wiggles worth, Esq., 



Professor Lovering then offered the following resolutions, 

 which w^ere unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That the Academy has heard, with gi-eat interest and 

 satisfaction, the development and explanation by Dr. Hayes of his 

 plans for a continuance of the explorations commenced by Dr. Kane, 

 and takes this occasion to renew the expression of its approval and 

 sympathy. 



Resolved, That the Academy commends the enterprise proposed by 

 Dr. Hayes to the favor and support of the American people, and most 

 cordially joins in the commendation bestowed upon it by other institu- 

 tions of science throughout the country. 



Resolved, That the committee, hereafter appointed to co-operate 

 with Dr. Hayes, be authorized to take such action as they may deem 

 expedient for promoting the interests of the proposed expedition, and 



