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beautifully mounted; from the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion a complete set of North American Herpetology. 

 The class of 1878 contributed a fine skin of a walrus, 

 weighing in its natural state fully three thousand 

 pounds. This the Professor stuffed at his home in 

 Middleboro. The Rev. Dr. E. R. Beadle, a Presby- 

 terian clergyman of Philadelphia now deceased, gave 

 most valuable fossils, and various gifts from year to 

 year, including a Royal Japanese Palanquin of most 

 exquisite gilt and lacquer finish, richly embellished 

 with the State seal and the Emperor's coat of arms. 

 The late Zachariah Allen contributed a genuine suit 

 of ancient metallic armor, with its accompaniment 

 of sword and halberd, cross bow and fire lock, 

 dating back to the year 1500. The family of Mr. 

 Allen also contributed a fine collection of shells with 

 cabinet case. From Professor Packard came instru- 

 ments of stone and bronze illustrating Prehistoric 

 Anthropology in Europe. These have all been 

 arranged and labelled by the Curator, and most of 

 the specimens in Zoology have been mounted, stuffed 

 and otherwise prepared by his own skillful hands. 



In the Winter and Spring of 1874, Prof essor Jenks 

 spent five months hunting in the miasmatic swamps 

 and everglades around Lake Okechobee in Southern 

 Florida, a detailed account of which he afterwards 

 published. As a result of this tour he collected at 

 his own expense, and presented to the Museum, one 

 hundred rare birds, two hundred rare eggs, a miscel- 

 laneous variety of fishes, reptiles, animals, insects, 



