IISTRODITCTORY ?^^OTE. 



The following catalogue has been prepared by Mr. Tassin mainly to 

 facilitate exchanges and to aid in the building up of the collection, as 

 was a former issue compiled by Prof. F. W. Clarke and printed in the 

 Annual Report of the National Museum for 1885-86 (1889). 



For purposes of ready reference, howeyer, the alphabetical arrange- 

 ment adopted by Wulfing is adhered to. For the same reason the 

 samples belonging to the Shepard collection are included with those 

 of the Museum proper, but always with the proper reference. Where 

 a meteorite is represented in l)oth collections, that ])elonging to the 

 Museum is first mentioned. 



As will Ije noted, the combined collections now represent 348 falls 

 and finds, of which 143 are irons. 



George P. Merrill, 

 Head Citrator^ Departmod of Geology. 



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