﻿REPORT 
  

  

  TO 
  THE 
  LEGISLATURE 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  NEW- 
  YORK 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  

   Respectfully 
  Report 
  : 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  under 
  the 
  superin- 
  

   tendence 
  of 
  its 
  efficient 
  Curator, 
  continues 
  in 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  con- 
  

   dition. 
  All 
  the 
  animals 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  have 
  been 
  

   carefully 
  examined 
  twice 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  just 
  expired, 
  to 
  fore- 
  

   stall, 
  if 
  possible, 
  any 
  injury 
  from 
  the 
  moth 
  or 
  other 
  destructive 
  

   causes. 
  Mr. 
  Hurst, 
  the 
  taxidermist, 
  is 
  specially 
  engaged 
  for 
  this 
  

   duty, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet, 
  by 
  purchase, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   numerous, 
  although 
  they 
  are 
  specially 
  deserving 
  of 
  note. 
  After 
  

   several 
  years 
  of 
  strenuous 
  effort, 
  sanctioned 
  by 
  previous 
  standing 
  

   committees 
  of 
  the 
  Board, 
  and 
  consequent 
  unsuccessful 
  outlays 
  

   of 
  sums 
  of 
  money, 
  by 
  persons 
  authorised 
  to 
  collect 
  the 
  larger 
  

   animals 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  last 
  winter 
  proved 
  an 
  eminently 
  

   successful 
  period 
  in 
  attaining 
  the 
  desired 
  object. 
  A 
  male 
  moose, 
  

   evidently 
  of 
  advanced 
  age 
  and 
  certainly 
  of 
  unusual 
  size, 
  was 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  with 
  much 
  labor 
  and 
  

   considerable 
  expense, 
  brought 
  to 
  this 
  city, 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  state 
  of 
  pre- 
  

   servation. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  collection, 
  in 
  accord- 
  

   ance, 
  it 
  may 
  truly 
  be 
  said, 
  with 
  the 
  generally 
  expressed 
  wishes 
  

   of 
  your 
  predecessors. 
  

  

  A 
  'male 
  panther, 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  bought, 
  with 
  a 
  

   beautiful 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Fisher 
  or 
  Black 
  Cat 
  of 
  the 
  New-York 
  

  

  