34 ALEXANDER AGASSIZ 



TO C. B. RICHARD & BROS. 



Cambridge, May 24, 1864. 



Gentlemen : — 



I forward to-day to you per Adams Express 9 boxes, 

 8 of which contain live-stock to be forwarded to Prof. 

 H. Milne Edwards, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France, 

 care of H. L. Miiller and Cie., Havre. The food of the 

 animals is marked on the boxes, but to make sure I 

 repeat here : 



No. 1 contains Reptiles and needs no care except air. 



2 contains a Marten ; needs scraps of meat and 

 water. 



3 a Lynx ; needs same food as No. 2. 



4 & 5 contain Squirrels ; need nuts, scraps of 

 bread, corn and water. 



6 Woodchuck; eats turnips, raw potatoes, scraps 

 of vegetables and water. 



7 Owl ; needs only meat. 



8 Eagle ; needs meat and water. 



If these animals are fed once a day it is enough 

 except the woodchuck, No. 6, which had better be fed 

 twice. I send in the ninth box nuts, turnips and corn 

 for the food of the squirrels and part of the food of the 

 woodchuck. I suppose of course that scraps of bread 

 and the necessary remnants of fresh meat can be ob- 

 tained on board the steamer by the person who has 

 charge of them. The lynx ought to be bothered as little 

 as possible ; it is a female with young and she is rather 

 cross on that account. I suppose the cages of the lynx 

 and of the woodchuck ought to be cleaned about once 

 in four days, if they get offensive, and clean hay or 

 straw put in. This can easily be done by means of a 

 poker to scrape out the old hay. 



