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CHARLES OTIS BOUTELLE. 
Expedition.” Three years later he published, through En- 
gelmann, at Leipzig, a German narrative of the oxpedition, 
illustrated largely from his own very artistic sketches. He 
projected a work on the Eskimo, to which he devoted much 
labor. An ethnological voyage, undertaken on the U. S. S. 
Saranac to the northwest coast of America, was prematurely 
terminated by the wreck of that vessel in Seymour narrows, 
British Columbia. He returned to Washington, where he 
prepared several contributions to arctic and zoological liter¬ 
ature. Through an unfortunate fire at his residence he lost 
his library, manuscripts, and collections in 1885, and subse¬ 
quently returned to Germany, where he settled, at Stuttgart. 
There he was engaged in literary pursuits, the study of art, 
and in geographical instruction. He died, after a short ill¬ 
ness, March 30, 1888, and his remains were interred in the 
FriedhofF cemetery at Heidelberg. 
Doctor Bessels was short and slight, of dark complexion, 
and highly nervous temperament. His brilliant, dark eyes, 
flowing hair, and aquiline nose gave him a striking and 
attractive physiognomy. Versatile, lively, and open-hearted 
to a fault, his social qualities inspired warm affection among 
his intimates, while his restless energy and undoubted abil¬ 
ity secured for science results—valuable, if not profuse— 
which will serve to perpetuate his memory. 
Wm. H. Dale. 
CHARLES OTIS BOUTELLE. 
When the history of the United States in the nineteenth 
century comes to be written, as doubtless it will be written 
by some Bancroft or Adams one or two hundred years 
hence, it is not improbable that one of its most valuable 
chapters will relate to the influence that has been exerted 
upon the course of events by the scientific organizations 
that have been founded and fostered by this Government. 
The life and work of a man who was for nearly half 
