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explorations and collections in that interesting district. In 
1854, accompanied by his wife, he traveled extensively in 
Europe, and visited all the museums within his reach. In the 
spring of 1856, with his pupils Green and Bancroft as com- 
panions and assistants, he sailed to Surinam, penetrated far 
into the interior in canoes, made important researches upon 
the ground, and enriched his museum with some of its most 
interesting collections. These came near being too dearly 
bought, as he and his companions took the fever of the coun- 
try, from which he suffered severely, and recovered slowly. 
Again, in 1858-9, accepting the thoughtful and generous in- 
vitation of Captain J. M. Forbes, he made a voyage to the La 
Plata, and ascended the Uruguay and the Parana in a small 
iron steamer which Captain Forbes brought upon the deck of 
his vessel; then, with his friend George Augustus Peabody 
as a companion, he crossed the pampas to Mendosa, and the 
Cordilleras to Santiago and Valparaiso, whence he came home 
by way of the Peruvian coast and the Isthmus. 
By such expeditions many of the choice materials of his 
museum and of his researches were gathered, at his own ex- 
pense, to be carefully prepared and elaborated by his own 
unaided hands. A vast neighboring museum is a splendid 
example of what munificence, called forth by personal enthusi- 
asm, may accomplish. In Dr. Wyman’s we have an example 
of what one man may do, unaided, with feeble health and 
feebler means, by persistent and well directed industry, with- 
out eclat, and almost without observation. While we duly 
honor those who of their abundance cast their gifts into the 
treasury of science, let us not — now that he cannot be pained 
by our praise — forget to honor one who in silence and penury 
cast in more than they all. 
Of penury in a literal sense we may not speak; for although 
Professor Wyman’s salary, derived from the Hersey endow- 
ment, was slender indeed, he adapted his wants to his means, 
foregoing neither his independence nor his scientifie work ; 
and I suppose no one ever heard him complain. In 1856 
came unexpected and honorable aid from two old friends of 
his father, who appreciated the son, and wished him to go on 
