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the Indian foods should be placed in the Ethnological Hall as a part of the Indian collections. I do not, indeed, propose that they should be transferred to the charge of the Curator of Ethnology. It would seem impossible that any individual could cover the whole field of Ethnology & properly study & describe every variety of the articles included therein. Cooperation among the Curators of different departments will become more or less necessary as the collections become more & more complete & comprehensive, and the interests of the individual must be subordinate to the necessities of proper display. In the particular case now under discussion, it seems to me, that the Curator of foods should retain the foods in charge, classify and label them; for the systematic arrangement and labelling of natural