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and his mode of life being very frugal he left a relatively rather 
considerable fortune at his death. According to his wishes c. 20,000 
Kr. of this fortune are to be used for the printing of his work 
“Pattedyr-Slægter“ — he could not be induced to apply for any 
grant from public funds or the State as he would not, as he said 
himself, be a hindrance to other authors who could not afford to 
pay for the publication of their works. 70,000 Kr. are to go to 
the University and are meant for the purchase of one or more 
“refuges** for the protection of plants and animals. All the rest of 
the fortune is to go to the Zoological Museum of the University 
of Copenhagen, after the death of some near relations, to be used 
for purchases to the Museum, for salaries to younger undergra- 
duates who have assisted in the Museum work, or for contribu- 
tions to the refuges. His very great library is left to the Uni¬ 
versity Library and to the Zoological Museum, and the latter is 
to have all his collections. 
Thus was the last greeting from the lover of nature, the natur¬ 
alist and the Museum man! 
