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COMPARATIVE ZO-OLOGY. [June, 



need. But for their aid I could not have availed myself of 

 the rare chance offered me. With it I may truly say that I 

 kave been able to give the Museum such an impetus as even 

 great institutions rarely receive. I add here the list of 

 these contributions, with the total result ; — 



Subscriptions to Hassler Expedition. 



Nathaniel Thayer, 



. $6,000 



G. Baty Blake, . 



. ?200 



Mrs. G. Howland Shaw, 



. 2,000 



W. T. Andrews, . 



. 200 



Martin Brimmer, . 



. 1,000 



W. D. Pickman, . 



. 200 



John A. Lowell, . 



. 1,000 



W. S. Bullard, . 



. 200 



Samuel Hooper, . 



. 1,000 



L. HoUingsworth, 



. 200 



Mrs. Samuel Hooper, . 



500 



Amos A. Lawrence, 



150 



John M. Forbes, . 



. 500 



Robert M. Mason, 



150 



Gardner Brewer, . 



. 500 



George B. Emerson, 



100 



Theodore Lyman, 



. 500 



George B. Upton, 



100 



George F. Parkman, . 



. 500 



F. B. Crowninshield, . 



100 



Henry P. Kidder, . 



. 500 



Miss Alice Hooper, 



50 



S. Salisbury, 



. 500 



Greely S. Curtis, . 



50 



H. H. Hunnewell, 



. 500 



G. W. Warren, . 



50 



Abbott Lawrence, 



250 







J. L. Little, . 



. 250 





$17,450 



James Davis, 



. 200 







Of this sum there remains a surplus of $1,200, all I can 

 draw upon for the care and preservation of these magnificent 

 collections. It is not pleasant to ask for new supplies at the 

 very moment of expressing my gratitude for the generosity 

 which made these collections possible. All I can say is that 

 unlocked for success leads to new expenditures, and that I 

 hope the Commonwealth and all those able to help us will do 

 so when it is understood that the proper care and distribution 

 of these new treasures will actually put our Museum in ad- 

 vance of all existing institutions in zoological research. Stu- 

 dents from other lands must come to us to prosecute their in- 

 vestigations, for we alone have the material in such quantity 

 as to allow of comprehensive and exhaustive comparisons. I 

 should be ungrateful did I not add that but for the assistance 

 given us at every step of our journey by private individuals 

 and private companies, as well as by officers of the govern- 

 ments of the several countries visited by us, we could not, 

 with the means at my command, have accomplished one-half 

 our actual results. The Secretary of State had sent out 



