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by letter, stating the conveyance by which they have been sent, 
as without this precaution it has been found by experience, that 
they often go astray, or are pillaged 
It is not to be expected, that any one individual will have it 
in his power to send specimens in all, or even many of the above 
branches; but there are few who may not occasionally meet with 
objects that would prove acquisitions to a Museum, and oppor- 
tunities for sending them with little trouble or expense; and a 
few well selected specimens will always prove more acceptable 
than more numerous parcels collected without attention to the 
foregoing directions. 
Should it even happen that the specimens may be already 
possessed by the Society, still duplicates are desirable, since 
such*as are not required for the Museum can be readily ex- 
changed for others that may be wanted. 
Annexed are the names of the Officers of the Natural History 
Society, to whom it is requested, specimens for the Museum 
may be sent :— 
JAMES L. DRUMMOND, M. D. PresipEnt. 
EDMUND GETTY. 
ROBERT P ATTERSON, f VICEP-RESIDENTS. 
JAMES M‘ADAM, CorRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
ROBERT S: M‘ADAM, REcoRDING SECRETARY. 
WILLIAM WEBB, Treasurer. 
The above, with the following Members, form a council for 
the dispatch of private business :— 
GEO. C. HYNDMAN, WILLIAM PATTERSON, 
WILLIAM SINCLAIRE, JAMES D. MARSHALL, 
WILLIAM THOMPSON, JAMES BRYCE, Jun. A. B. 
