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I will give to the President and Fellows of Harvard j College for the use of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology all the collections which I have at present deposited 

 in the Museum, or which I may acquire hereafter, as well as such books as are not 

 for the present reserved for my use, on the following terms. Hoping hereafter to 

 devote my time to explorations and to the publication of the Reports of these ex- 

 plorations in the Bulletin and Memoirs of the Museum, I ask : — 



1. That the assistants at the Museum Library supervise, as heretofore, the dis- 

 tribution of these publications both to societies and to individuals as I may direct. 



2. That I be allowed to take from the exchanges for my use such books as I may 

 select. 



3. That the janitor and servants of the Museum continue to render to me such 

 service as they were accustomed to give me while officially connected with the 

 Museum. 



4. That I be allowed to use the Museum Library, the greater part of which is my 

 personal property, in the same manner as heretofore, and that such books as I may 

 select and retain in my room be considered for the present my private property, sub- 

 ject to the same use as is now customary by the officers and students at the Museum. 



5. That I be allowed to occupy the room where I now work to continue the prep- 

 aration of the reports of the "Albatross "expedition, and of such expeditions as I 

 may hereafter undertake. 



6. That the Museum continue to pay the salary of my secretary, and that her 

 services be at my disposal, as they have been in the past, either during my residence 

 at Cambridge or at Newport, or during my absences from Cambridge. 



7. That my artists be allowed to occupy the rooms they now use, or some other 

 equally convenient place, to prepare the illustrations for the above mentioned 

 Reports. 



8. That I be allowed to continue the arrangement now existing between myself 

 and Messrs. W. McM. Woodworth and A. G. Mayer, or their successors, by which 

 they may devote such time as they do not give to the Museum to the interests of my 

 explorations, either at the Museum or as Assistants during my explorations. 



That any Assistants I may find it necessary to employ on the care of the collections 

 made dming my expeditions, or on the preparation of the material for publication, 

 be assigned suitable quarters in the Museum building. 



9. That I be allowed to store the outfit used on my expeditions in the basement 

 of the Museum. 



Upon receiving from the Corporation notice of their acceptance of the above 

 conditions, I will execute a deed of gift covering the collections and books referred 

 to in this letter. 



I, Alexander Agassiz of Cambridge, in consideration of one dollar and other 

 good and valuable considerations to me paid by the President and Fellows of Har- 

 vard College, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, and 

 convey to the said President and Fellows the following described articles of personal 



