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tion of their results. When the late Robert Keniiicott 

 went to Alaska, in 1865, in the employment of the 

 Russian Telegraphic Expedition, Dr. Stimpson removed 

 to Chicago to assume the duties of Secretary of the 

 Chicago Academy of Natural Sciences, and maintained 

 that connection until his death. During that interval he 

 visited Florida on several occasions, and always obtained 

 numerous interesting collections for the Academy. 



Dr. Stimpson ranked high as a scientific investigator, 

 his researches were thorough and his descriptions clear 

 and accurate. He has added a large number of new 

 species to the list of marine animals, the detailed account 

 of which, forming many zoological monographs with illus- 

 trations nearly ready for the press, were destroyed by the 

 Chicago tire as were also the types of his species. This 

 great loss, the result of his laljors for twenty years, affected 

 him severely and influenced very much the state of his 

 health. 



The past w^inter Dr. Stimpson was engaged on board 

 the U. S. C.S. steamer Bache in superintending dredsinir 

 between Cape San Antonio, Cuba, and the coast of Yuca- 

 tan and thence to Key West — but his increasing infirm- 

 ities prevented him from fully carrying out his plans — 

 returning not long since to the residence of his father-in- 

 law near Baltimore he became gradually worse and died, 

 as before noticed, «)n the 2Gtli of May. 



It seems appropriate, at this time and on this occasion, 

 to allude to the decease of Dr. Stimpson, especially from 

 the fact that he received his first experiences in the uses 

 and results of dredging at one of these outdoor meetings, 

 and that after the lapse of more than a score of years a 

 life, then at its commencement, closes so full in the per- 

 formance of scientific work and having done so much for 

 the [)romotion and diffusion of science in this country. 



