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expenses when making excursions and longer journeys for the purpose 

 of gathering specimens. 



I hope, Mr. President and Gentlemen, you will accept this contri- 

 bution to the Museum from a student of Nature who feels deeply 

 grateful for all that you are doing for the advancement of his favorite 

 science. 



Please, Mr. President and Gentlemen, to accept the assurance of 

 my highest regard, and of my entire devotion to our scientific insti- 

 tutions. 



L. Agassiz. 



Cambridge, October 24, 1859. 



Boston, January 25, 1860. 



The Committee to whom at the meeting of the Board of Trustees, 

 November 10, 1859, was referred the communication of Professor 

 Louis Agassiz, dated October 24, by which he offered, as a dona- 

 tion to the Museum, all his collections in Zoology made since 1852, 

 respectfully report the form of a letter to him, which, they propose, 

 should be signed by the members of this Board, individually, and 

 then transmitted to its address by the President, acknowledging and 



accepting the munificent gift. 



Geo. Ticknor. 



Jacob Bigelow. 



S. Hooper. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 



Boston, January 25, 1860. 



To Louis Agassiz, Professor of Zoology and Geology in the Lawrence 

 Scientific School, Harvard College : — 



Sir, — The subscribers, Trustees of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, at their last meeting, received from you a communication, 

 offering as a donation to the Museum all the collections you have 

 made in zoology since the year 1852. This gift they gratefully ac- 

 cept. In so doing, however, they desire to express their conviction 

 that, while the sum of ten thousand dollars, by which in general 

 terms you describe the cost to yourself of these collections, is un- 



