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sufficient for a complete survey of the subject. Indeed, the 
work already done can be regarded only asa beginning. Still, 
the figures will give a tolerably fair idea of the composition of 
the articles named. y 
The analysis of animal food, the tables with the exception of 
a few from European sources and indicated by italics, are se- 
lected from the results of the investigation of which I have 
spoken as conducted under the auspices of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution and the United States Fish Commission, and are al- 
most the only ones as yet attempted in this country. Those of 
vegetable foods are in part from the investigation, and in part 
from other sources. 
