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stated. There is a difference between the work of Prof. Atwater, and the work of studying & arranging the foods of different countries & races of men for museum purposes. The collections are in good order - or at least they were so when I went away in 1886 - and a considerable number of labels can be furnished by revision of the [[?]] - a matter of a few hours.

I will be pleased to hand the entire collection, labels, and all that pertains to it, to Prof. Atwater at any time. On the other hand, I am also quite willing to attend to the cataloguing & preservation of new specimens, & their installation also if desired, but in doing so I would wish to have my connection with the work recognized by a proper title. I should think that in a case like