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hundred and fifty dollars, may be increased to iive hundred dollars, and 

 the last amount also granted for 1851. 



Should this request be complied with, it is intended to order preserved 

 specimens of the larger animals, still indigenous to our State. The 

 Beaver, it is said, can still be obtained, but it may be extinct ere another 

 year elapses ; the Moose is rapidly diminishing ; the Bear, the Wolf, 

 and the Panther, should all be represented. But they must be cap- 

 tured at particular times and seasons ; the hunter must be assured that 

 he will be rewarded for his hazardous labors ; and the taxidermist has 

 too little of general encouragement, to attend to their proper preserva- 

 tion, unless he can rely on a sure and liberal patron. 



It is principally for these reasons, that the Regents solicit an early 

 and kind attention to the wishes now expressed. 



By order of the Regents of the University. 



G. Y. LANSING, 



Chancellor. 

 T. Romeyn Beck, 



Secretary. 



