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in 1858, and that his long and very interesting communi- 

 cation had nevertheless been neglected and put aside for. 

 nearly eight years, the officials of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion would appear to have treated Dr. Canfield with very 

 scant courtesy; unless they disbelieved his statements, 

 and that it was only after my paper was published that 

 they thought it worth while to notice them. 



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