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To pack such skeletons in the smallest compass, the head should be 

 separated from the neck, the four limbs from the trunk and the body- 

 divided in two, behind the ribs ; and the smaller parts may be wrap- 

 ped up between the larger ones. In this way, the whole skeleton may 

 be put up in a comparatively small box. 



If you could contribute even a mite toward securing the means of 

 carrying out this plan, you would not only greatly oblige me, but really 

 contribute to the solution of a most interesting scientific problem, 

 and any specimen you may be able to send will be put up in the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, as your gift, and gratefully 

 acknowledged. 



Notices of the habits of the wild species would be very desirable, 

 also any remarks concerning the uses to which the domestic breeds are 

 put, the amount of milk they give, the size and weight to which they 

 grow in different countries, the age they reach when they first calve 

 the length of gestation, and how long they continue to bring forth 

 young, &c. &c. 



Yours very truly, 



(Signed) L. Agassiz. 



Dear Sir, — In transmitting to you the above memorandum, at the 

 suggestion of my friend, T. Gr. Cary, I do not expect that you can 

 personally do much towards fostering the objects I have in view ; but 

 I hope you may do me the favour to inquire in your part of the world 

 how I can arrive at the desired result. There is in Calcutta a learned 

 Society of long standing, the publications of which have done great 

 service to the cause of science, the " Asiatic Society of Bengal," 

 the members of which I only know by name and from their papers. 

 If you could bring me into direct relations with the most active of 

 these gentlemen and speak to them of my wishes, or induce the Curator 

 of their Museum to enter into a system of exchanges with our Museum 

 and show the programme now sent you to any of them who takes 

 an interest in kindred matters, you would have done all I could wish 

 for. 



Very truly yours, 

 (Signed) L. Agassiz. 

 W. Whitney, Esq. 



Calcutta. 



