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who make large pledges with small security for their perform- 

 ance, and have no visible means of support but what their 

 splendid promises draw from a succession of dupes. 



The act establishing the survey provides for the distribution 

 of duplicate specimens to the University, the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, and such other public institutions as the Governor may 

 designate. Under these provisions, the following institutions 

 have been designated as depositories of suites of specimens, 

 viz.: 



BY LEGISLATIVE ACT. 



1. The University, Ann Arbor. 



2. The Agricultural College, Lansing. 



BY EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT. 



3. Mechanic's Society, Detroit. 



4. Scientific Institute, Flint. 



5. Lyceum of Natural History, Grand Rapids. 



6. Young Men's Literary Association, Kalamazoo. 



7. Young Men's Society, Detroit. 



8. Young Men's Christian Association, Library and Reading 

 Room, Adrian. 



9. The Normal School, Ypsilanti. 



Such an extended distribution of the specimens of the sur- 

 vey must necessarily awaken a very general interest in the 

 energetic prosecution of the work, and the creditable elabora- 

 tion of the final results. It is quite obvious, however, that 

 this requirement multiplies the physical labors of the field ge»l- 

 gist, who is often called upon to carry many pounds of stones 

 for miles, over rocky and slippery beaches, or through tangled 

 cedar forests, in an unending conflict with musquitoes and flies, 

 under circumstances calculated to excite commiseration. By 

 thus increasing the amount of field work, it delays the comple- 

 tion of the survey. Still, there" can be no doubt that the in- 

 terests of the State will be best subserved by the plan proposed, 

 even should its execution necessitate the outfit of a special 

 party of collectors. 



