MY ESTEEMED IRIENrj, 



LOUIS AQvVSSIZ, 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, &c., 



IN 



Parbarb Hniiiersxtji, 



WHOSE WELL-KNOWN RELATIONS TO COMPARATIVE ANATOMT REQUIK;; 



NO MENTION HERE, AND WHOSE SPLENDID GENIUS HAS DONE SO MUCH TO AWAKEX, 



IN THIS COUNTRY ESPECIALLY, 



A LIVELY INTEREST IN OBJECTS OF NATURAL HlriTORY, 



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WITH ADMIRATION AND SINCERE GRATITLDB. 



WALDO I- BURNETT. 



