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and did much in presenting scientific matters in a popular form 
by articles in magazines and encyclopedias and in several inter- 
esting volumes. He was, also, an agreeable lecturer at a time 
when zoological lectures were less burdened with the minutim of 
anatomy and with technicalities than is now generally the case. 
His lectures in the Lowell Institute I have heard most favorably 
commented upon as clear and instructive. 
Dr. Kneeland was by nature & traveller, and as he used his eyes 
in his wanderings and knew what was worth collecting in his spe- 
cial lines of research he always returned from his long journeys to 
the islands of the Pacific, to the shores of Asia, to Iceland, or to 
various portions of Europe, well supplied with facts which he had 
observed and specimens which he had obtained. With the latter he 
was generous, and he gave to us and to others many a pleasant and 
instructive account of his travels. He made several journeys with 
particular reference to a study of active volcanoes, but of late years 
his attention was turned principally to ethnological research. In 
this department he made many observations of interest and col- 
lected objects of great importance and ethnological value, many 
of which he gave to the Museum under my charge in Cambridge. 
Particularly should I mention in this connection the large lot of 
human crania which he collected on the Island of Maui ; the collec- 
tion illustrative of the natives of the Philippines, and the col- 
lection of bronze ornaments worn by the Santhals, all of which he 
exhibited and talked about at our meetings. Among the last com- 
munications he made to the Society was one upon the famous 
“skeleton in armor” found near Fall River, at which time he ex- 
hibited some of the supposed armor which had been given to him 
by the authorities of the Museum at Copenhagen, and which he in 
turn presented to the Peabody Museum. 
From letters which I received before he left us for his last trip, 
I know that he intended to carry on his ethnological researches, 
and we must all regret that they have been brought to so sudden 
a termination by his untimely death in a foreign land, while we 
must also mourn the loss of one who for so many years was so in- 
timately connected with our Society and did so much to advance 
its interests. 
Dr. Fewkes said : 
I wish to add a few words to the remarks which have already 
been made. Twenty years ago Dr. Kneeland gave a course of 
Lowell Institute lectures which it was my good fortune to attend. 
