108 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



which he wouhl experience in collecting the shells of the high 

 latitudes of the Pacific coast, only a few days before starting on 

 the expedition which has proved his last effort in the cause of 

 science. Major Kennicutt was one of the founders and principal 

 promoters of the Chicago Academy of Sciences — an institution 

 for the prosperity of which he worked almost unremittingly. His 

 published papers are few in number; he was in habit too active, in 

 disposition too ardent to become a closet-naturalist ; his proper 

 sphere of action was in the field, amidst the wilds of unexplored 

 nature, and amidst danger and privation. At the time of his 

 death Major K. was acting as commander of the Russian-Ame- 

 rican Telegraph Exploring Expedition. G. W. T., Jr. 



