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best, are doomed to certain and swift destruction.

I enclose herewith a list of the objects collected on the trip. Counting four recent additions to the Vivarium we have now in our care 21 mammals and birds, alive, to be catalogued, labeled, acknowledged, fed, doctored when sick and provided with suitable quarters for shelter and exhibition. The specimens are attracting crowds of visitors, and beyond doubt the collection will rapidly be increased. Inasmuch as the services of a duly authorized curator seem to be urgently called for for this very interesting department, I would respectfully call attention here to my application for an appointment to that office, which I had the honor to address to you on June 25. of the present year.