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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



identification, dissection, drawing, all being more or less directly 

 connected with that work, now approaching completion. 



Of the general condition in the rooms occupied by the Fishes 

 and Reptiles it may be said that the amount of loss, on account of 

 decay, insect ravages, discoloration, evaporation, or breakage, is 

 the smallest yet reported. 





