SMITHSONIAN 

 MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 131 





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'every man is a valuable member of society vvuo, by his observations, researches, 



AND experiments, PROCURES KNOWLEDGE FOR MEN" JAMES SMITHSON 



(Publication 4310) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 

 PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



1958 



