bers of the institution, it includes a cabinet 

 of minerals and fossils formerly belonging to 

 the " Literary, Scientific and Military Aca- 

 demy," the Prescott Cabinet of New England 

 shells, minerals and rocks, the Frankfort 

 Cabinet of American and foreign minerals, 

 and the Shurtleff Cabinet which has recently 

 been purchased. This was collected by the 

 late Simeon Shurtleff, M. D., of Simsbury, 

 Conn., and includes a collection of shells — ■ 

 one of the best in New England, containing 

 about 80,000 specimens of 8,000 species, a col- 

 lection of birds, native and foreign, with a 

 large number from the Pacific railroad sur- 

 vey, a collection of insects, &c, &c. 



There are many minor collections, some 

 only large enough to serve as nuclei for future 

 acquisitions, also a herbarium of several thou- 

 sand specimens. The ethnological cabinet of 

 the " Missionary Lyceum," and the collections 

 of the " Cuvierian Society " have recently 

 come into the possession of the University. 

 Mr. Orange Judd has just completed nego- 

 tiations with Professor Ward, of Rochester, 

 N. Y., for a very complete set of his casts of 

 fossils, at a cost of $3,500. 



A temporary observatory has been erected, 

 sufficiently commodious for present use, in, 

 which has been placed, by the munificence of 

 three citizens of New York, a twelve-inch 

 refracting telescope,made by Alvan Clark, of 

 Cambridge. This ranks third amoa? the 

 telescopes of America, and fourth in the world, 

 and is considered by its maker equal to the 

 best for practical purpose. It is the largest 

 to which the students of any university have 

 free access. The observatory and chemical 

 and philosophical lecture rooms are furnished 

 with necessary apparatus, mostly of London 

 and Paris make. 



The University is located on the crown of a 



