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  A. 
  Agassiz 
  — 
  Explorations 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Albatross." 
  

  

  mann 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Marshall 
  Islands 
  at 
  Jaluit), 
  and 
  the 
  

   G-overnor 
  of 
  the 
  Carolines, 
  and 
  the 
  Japanese 
  authorities. 
  The 
  

   State 
  Department 
  at 
  Washington 
  having 
  kindly 
  asked 
  through 
  

   the 
  French, 
  English, 
  German 
  and- 
  Japanese 
  Embassies 
  at 
  

   Washington 
  for 
  the 
  kind 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  representatives 
  of 
  these 
  

   nations 
  in 
  Oceania 
  to 
  the 
  Albatross 
  while 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  

   precincts, 
  thanks 
  to 
  these 
  credentials 
  nothing 
  could 
  exceed 
  

   the 
  interest 
  shown 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  our 
  expedition. 
  

   I 
  must 
  also 
  thank 
  Capt. 
  Moser 
  and 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  for 
  the 
  untiring 
  interest 
  shown 
  by 
  them 
  during 
  the 
  

   whole 
  time 
  of 
  our 
  expedition 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  ship, 
  which 
  

   was 
  so 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  duties 
  of 
  a 
  naval 
  officer. 
  

  

  