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of the gar-fish/Mr. Gatschet's memorandum concerning them not received) - 12 specimens, found near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.-

Several days were devoted to the restoration of specimens, mostly belonging to the Zeledon collection.

My literary work during the past month consisted in editing the Smithsonian volume (N0. 440) containing my articles published in the Smithsonian reports from 1863 to 1877, and in collecting -  and utilizing to some extent - the material for my forthcoming publication on prehistoric fishing.  This treatise will assume much larger proportions than I anticipated.


Smithsonian Institution
April 1, 1882.

[[signed]] C. Rau

Professor S. F. Baird.[[/signed]]