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that year. He remainecl in this ficld of labor until he was 

 compelled to leave on account of sickness, having the 

 Africaii fever, but jümost recovered bis healtb diiring bis 

 passage bome, arriving at Providence per Eiiglisb bark 

 Sbeffield, May 17, 1865, after an eigbty-t wo days' passage 

 from Zanzibar. 



Wbile be was abseilt, Professor Agassiz and Senator 

 Sumner procured for bim tbe appoiiitment of United 

 States Consul at Mozambique, but tbe commission passed 

 bim in transit and be never acted under it, altbougb bis 

 iiame was borne lipon tbe rolls for several years. 



From tbe Organization of tbe Peabody Academy of 

 Science in Marcb, 1867, until bis decease, be was an As- 

 sistant and one of tbe Curators of tbe Museum under its 

 Charge. 



He was a member of tbe American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and of tbe Boston Society of 

 Natural History. 



In 1875, be assisted Dr. G. M. Levette of tbe State 

 Geological Survey of Indiana, in a bydrograpbic survey 

 of a dozen or more of the lakes in the northern part of 

 that State, wbere bis experience in tbe collecting and pres- 

 ervation of specimens of natural history and in seining 

 and dredging was of great value. 



About a year after its Organization in 1869, the Salem 

 Fraternity first attracted Mr. Cooke's attention. He soon 

 became one of its most helpful friends, and more and more 

 he took into bis williiig hands multiplying activities. He 

 was interested in the formation of the library and reading 

 room, becoming chairman of the committee on these de- 

 partments and constantly and earnestly devoting himself 

 to tbe welfare of this Institution. He possessed admi- 

 rable traits of character. No one could take more pains 



