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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 78 



ber, 1926, in a study of various classic localities in France and 

 Germany. 



The first two weeks were occupied in a study of the Paris Basin 

 in company with Dr. Ferdinand Canu of Versailles, France, the 

 most eminent student of microfossils upon the Continent. The vari- 

 ous publications upon American fossil bryozoa by Canu and Bassler 

 were prepared entirely by correspondence, dating back to igoQ, 

 so that the actual meeting of these co-workers was a long anticipated 

 pleasure. The result was that more time was spent in personal con- 

 ference upon the past and future work than in actual field investi- 



FiG. 35. — Die Pfalz, Rhine Gorge. (Photograph by Bassler.) 



gations. However, the main formations of the Paris Basin were 

 studied in a general way, but the most valuable collections of micro- 

 fossils from this area were donated by Dr. Canu from material 

 secured in his previous researches. In remembrance of this meeting 

 and of his years of pleasant association with the paleontological 

 work of the National Museum, Dr. Canu also presented to the National 

 Museum his entire collection of French Cenozoic and Mesozoic fos- 

 sils, numbering not less than a hundred thousand specimens. This 

 gift is of particular interest to American paleontologists in that all 

 the specimens are most carefully labelled as to exact horizon and 

 locality, a most necessary item in present-day studies but often lack- 

 ing in many collections from foreign countries. 



