268 ALEXANDER AGASSIZ 



ical sequence of events in the growth of the Caribbean 

 area. 



" The careful, comparative study of the collections of 

 the Blake and Albatross is now nearly complete, — a 

 study carried out by specialists is absolutely essential, 

 for no mere superficial sketch even by an experienced 

 zoologist will suffice in drawing conclusions of any value 

 and bring out the minute, interesting, fundamental de- 

 tails which no general zoologist can hope to grasp. What- 

 ever final value the correlation of these Reports may have 

 will be due to the assistance I have received from my col- 

 laborators in so many special fields, and my indebtedness 

 to them I find it difficult to express." 



Unfortunately at the time of his death there were a 

 few reports of the Blake and a considerable number of 

 the Albatross Expedition still unfinished, so the " Pana- 

 mic Eeport " was never written. 



All the unfinished reports of the specialists working 

 on collections from any of Agassiz's expeditions will, 

 however, eventually be published from a fund he left 

 for this purpose. 



