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dealings, finds a most economical supply of protein in oatmeal, 
haddock and herring, and the rural inhabitants of New Eng- 
land supplement the fat of their pork with protein of beans 
and the carbo-hydrates of potatoes; maize and wheat flour with 
the protein of codfish and mackerel, and while subsisting large- 
ly upon such frugal but rational diets, are well nourished, phy- 
sically strong, and distinguished for their intellectual and moral 
force. 
In conclusion I have two more things to speak of : 
The first is to repeat, but more emphatically, what I have al- 
ready said, that the work of which I have been speaking is only 
the tentative beginning of an investigation which, if rightly 
prosecuted, may, I believe, develop into one of great import- 
ance. 
The second, a very pleasant subject to refer to, is the assist- 
ance which has been given to the investigation thus far. Be- 
sides pecuniary and other aid which has been granted by the 
United States Fish Commission through Prof. Baird, one of the 
most efficient promoters of the Fish Cultural Association, Mr. 
E. G. Blackford, Fish Commissioner of New York, has donated 
roo in money, and a large number of specimens of fish. Mr. 
A. R. Crittenden of Middletown, has also contributed $100 to- 
ward the expenses of the investigation of the chemistry of fish. 
Thanks are likewise due to Mr. G. H. Shaffer of the well-known 
firm of Dorlon & Shaffer, of New York, for a considerable num- 
ber of specimen of invertebrates. As I have stated, the investiga- 
tion of fish has been supplemented by one of other food materials 
A considerable portion of the expense of these, also, has been 
met by private generosity. Mr. F. B. Thurber, of the firm of 
H. K. & F. B. Thurber of New York, having donated $500 for 
this purpose, while Hon. J. W. Alsop, M. D., of Middletown, 
has contributed a considerable sum in aid of researches,carried 
on in the chemieal laboratory of Wesleyan University, in which, 
with more abstract investigation, the studies of fish and other 
foods have been included. These gifts of gentlemen interested 
in science, have covered a not inconsiderable part of the total 
expenses of the investigations whose results I have thus briefly 
detailed. Without such aid they would have been, in their pres- 
ent form at least, impracticable. 
