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ALEXANDER AGASSIZ 



his specimens in a shanty on the banks of the Charles. 

 It was all told in so impersonal a way, that one who 

 knew nothing of the facts would have supposed he had 

 no hand in the matter. The celebration concluded with 

 a pleasant and informal tea in some of the larger rooms. 



PLATT OF UNIVERSITY MUSEUM 



^^Mojenm of Comparative Zoology. ^ |^ Botany, Mineralogy. 

 £^^| Geology. Jg^^JPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 



The above little plan gives an idea of the develop- 

 ment of the building. One can gather something of 

 its size from the fact that the facade is almost four 

 hundred feet long and the plan one of five stories 

 and a basement. What Agassiz accomplished within is 

 far more remarkable than most people realize ; alongside 

 of the systematic collections, and the ample facilities for 

 research in the convenient storing of vast collections, 



