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[Annual Meeting. 
All the members of the Council unite in expressing the wish that, 
in good health, you may be long spared to continue your investi- 
gations. 
I have the honor to be, ray dear sir, 
Yours faithfully, 
[Signed . ] GEORGE LINCOLN GOOD ALE, 
Boston, Mass. April 22, 1892. President. 
To this letter President Goodale received the following reply: 
My Dear Sir : 
Your communication announcing the award of the 
Grand Walker Prize to me by the committee of the Boston 
Society of Natural History has been received and read. 
After a long life of work it is a great satisfaction to have words 
of approbation from those that are highly esteemed for their scien- 
tific learning and judgment and especially to have such words 
made emphatic b} r so large a gift. The allusion to my labors in 
natural history leads my mind back to expedition days in the 
thirties and recalls the fact that our scientific corps in the Wilkes 
Exploring Expedition was half Bostonian. And now, when the 
50th anniversary of the return of the Expedition (June 10), after 
a four years’ cruise, is but a few weeks off, Boston science sends 
me the kind greeting. 
Please assure the committee and the Society that I warmly 
appreciate the honor conferred by the award and thank them for 
their words of commendation. 
Faithfully yours, 
[Signed.] JAMES D. DANA. 
New Haven, April 27, 1892. 
The award of the Annual prize for 1892 will be announced later 
by the Committee. 
