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or more reverent work than Louis Agassiz, whose efforts to trace 

 out the plan of creation, to the glory of God, led him from the 

 bottom of the vasty deep, from the rock-ribbed foundations of the 

 earth, to the loftiest summit of the star-kissed Alps; whose mighty 

 genius and unconquerable energy raised him from an obscure 

 Swiss hamlet to the highest pinnacle of fame ; who sacrificed himself 

 on the altar of his devotion, and who has left us the precious 

 legacy of his life, fossilized in his works, the proud heritage of his 

 memory crystallized in our hearts, and they will endure unto the 

 end. 



Donations for the month were announced as follows: From Di- 

 rector of United States Geological Survey, Vol. IV. of Mono- 

 graphs of the Survey; from F. W. Cragin, " Faunal Relations of 

 Kansas, Etc."; from T. H. Wise, "Young Mineralogist, Vol. I, 

 No. io;" from Chief Signal Officer, " Monthly Weather Review, 

 March, 1885;" from Tiffany & Co., "Catalogue of Rough Dia- 

 monds;" from Smithsonian Institution, "Proceedings of United 

 States National Museum, Vol. VII, Title and Index, Vol. VIII. , 

 Nos. 1-5;" from D. A. McCord, two casts of Asaphns megistos, 

 showing locomotory appendages; from Edward M. Cooper, "Pro- 

 ceedings of Worcester Society of Antiquity, No. 22 ; " from Jos. 

 Smith, one green snake ; from Mrs. L. M. Dury, photographs of 

 bust of Agassiz ; from Chas. Dury, skins of Florida Gallinule, 

 Passenger Pigeon, Pintail, Merganser, Blue-winged Teal, Butter 

 Ball, Chestnut-collared Duck, Ruddy Duck, Red-head, Great 

 Marbled Godwit, Yellow-legged Sandpiper ; from Zoological 

 Garden, skins of Silver Pheasant, English Pheasant, and Agouti ; 

 from J. L. Shepard, four arrow points. 



