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had been handled over many times, I had to do a great deal 

 of mechanical work in order to bring together the right parts 

 and specimens and clean them in such a manner that they 

 could be used for scientific studies. I have to mention this, 

 that the employment of my time may be understood. There 

 are altogether 448 skeletons and skulls of mammalia ; 225 of 

 birds and 120 of reptiles. The fishes are not yet in order. 



Casts have been made : first, of a series of Mastodon skulls 

 belonging to the anatomical museum of Prof. Wyman ; 

 secondly, of a large series of specimens lent to us by the 

 Smithsonian Institution at Washington for that purpose ; 

 thirdly, of several unique specimens lent to us by Prof. 

 Leidy, of Philadelphia ; fourthly, of fish specimens for Mr. 

 St. John. Collections have been sent to the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Washington, to Prof. Leidy, to the Museum at 

 Munich, and to Mr. Jeitteles at Salzburg, Austria. 



