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entirely useless, unless a salaried inspector takes care of them, "as his 

 official duty", and till such regular inspectors are provided for, public col- 

 lections are very apt to serve for nothing but to provide food for vermin. 



But — how is your family; Well, of course, and in first rate trim; the 

 sweet little pretty girls as well as the hearty boys: Harriet, Emma, 

 Kitty, merry Charles, strong "what's his name?" gentle Holbrook, sober 

 minded Thaddeus, and the baby boy. I confess, a very pretty collection. 

 Recommend me to Mrs. Harris, assure her of my sincere respect. 



I saw lately here at Columbia a pair of globes (celestial and terrestrial) 

 from the manufactory of Josiah Loring (Washington Street 136, Boston), 

 which pleased me so much, that I wish to buy a couple. They are about 

 one foot in diameter, and of the year 1833. But I understand that there 

 may have been published a later edition with all the recent discoveries, 

 and I would now beg you, when you are in Boston, to step up to Washing- 

 ton Street and inquire of the maker the following points: (1) of what 

 year are the newest globes? (2) are they of equal workmanship to those 

 of 1833? (3) what is the price? (4) are there globes of the same maker 

 of different sizes ? Then, let me know this in your next letter, which I 

 shall expect at your convenience "at Rockingham", North Carolina. 



Some days ago I received a piece of intelligence, which may interest 

 you, and your many entomological pupils not the less, to wit: Mr. Man- 

 ning Koster at New York has imported "genuine Berlin insect pins of 

 every size," which he sells at very reasonable prices. Let your pupils 

 provide themselves. I also heard lately, that Mr. Townsend is to go (or 

 has gone already) to Oregon again, but I am not certain about it, for 

 America has become the country of humbugs and hoaxes, as it is the 

 country of financial quackeries. If he brings good beetles from there, I 

 shall buy from him many. 



Yours with sincere regards, 



Charles Christoph Andrew Zimmermann. 



Zimmermann knew Burmeister before coming to this coun- 

 try and supplied all the American specimens of Scarabseidse 

 used by that master in his Monograph. A genius, yes. He 

 played the piano, tuned pianos, taught school, doctored sick 

 mules, lectured, made friends everywhere — the best of friends. 

 He made a fortune — in Confederate money. He met a widow, 

 courted her that afternoon, married her the next day, quarreled 

 with her desperately before night, and lived happily with her 

 ever afterwards. Dr. Hagen wrote a biography of him, com- 

 piled from his own diaries, to which little can be added. 



In after years he became a most devoted friend of Leconte, 

 and his types went with the Leconte collection to Cambridge. 

 The paper by which he is best known was his monograph on the 

 Scolytidse, published posthumously. Zimmermann styled 



