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  [Assembly 
  

  

  Hunters 
  (Musfela 
  Canadensis.) 
  This 
  last 
  is 
  becoming 
  extremely 
  

   rare, 
  within 
  our 
  borders, 
  — 
  so 
  rare 
  indeed 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Dekay 
  could 
  

   not 
  obtain 
  a 
  specimen 
  to 
  figure 
  from, 
  and 
  could 
  only 
  give 
  us 
  in 
  

   his 
  " 
  Zoology 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New- 
  York" 
  a 
  drawing 
  of 
  the 
  skull. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  moose 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  differ 
  in 
  various 
  respects 
  from 
  the 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  and 
  figures 
  usually 
  given 
  of 
  that 
  animal, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  plate 
  

   of 
  the 
  Fisher 
  would 
  seem 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  necessar)', 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  

   delineations 
  of 
  animals 
  native 
  to 
  our 
  State, 
  the 
  Regents 
  have 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  from 
  the 
  funds 
  granted 
  to 
  them, 
  lithographic 
  drawings 
  of 
  

   each. 
  If 
  it 
  be 
  desired 
  to 
  multiply 
  copies 
  of 
  these, 
  any 
  further 
  

   expense 
  will 
  be 
  limited 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  printing 
  and 
  paper. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  accompanying 
  this 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  Collection 
  in 
  1850-51, 
  under 
  the 
  superinten- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  Lewis 
  H. 
  Morgan, 
  and 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   communication 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Regents 
  to 
  the 
  Legislature. 
  The 
  

   illustrated 
  report 
  on 
  these 
  articles, 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  named 
  gentleman, 
  

   was 
  duly 
  transmitted, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  by 
  the 
  

   Legislature 
  to 
  print 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  There 
  remain 
  but 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  animals 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  

   State, 
  to 
  be 
  obtained, 
  and 
  the 
  prices 
  demanded 
  must 
  necessarily 
  

   be 
  smaller. 
  The 
  Regents, 
  through 
  the 
  liberality 
  of 
  the 
  Legisla- 
  

   ture, 
  will 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  add 
  these 
  from 
  lime 
  to 
  time, 
  from 
  the 
  

   present 
  annual 
  appropriation. 
  • 
  

  

  Accompanying 
  this 
  report, 
  will 
  be 
  found, 
  among 
  other 
  matters, 
  

   a 
  list 
  of 
  donations 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   1851. 
  Their 
  variety 
  and 
  value 
  illustrate 
  the 
  interest 
  taken 
  by 
  

   the 
  public 
  in 
  th^ 
  collection. 
  But 
  even 
  this 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  striking- 
  

   ly 
  and 
  remarkably 
  witnessed 
  in 
  the 
  crowds 
  that 
  literally, 
  from 
  

   day 
  to 
  day, 
  constitute 
  its 
  visitors. 
  

  

  By 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Regents, 
  

  

  G. 
  Y. 
  LANSING, 
  Chaneellor. 
  

   T. 
  Ri)ivrEYiv 
  Bv.cK^ 
  Secrcfartj, 
  

  

  