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^[[13]] cases [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] ^[[is]] a prohibitive tariff. The United States Express Co. (now including also Baltimore and Ohio Co.) was more generous,and in view of the laudable nature of the object in view,and the fact that the collections will always be free to the public,the ^[[general]] manager of that company ^[[wavy line]] has authorized all its agents to ship live animals of all kinds to this Institution at one ordinary merchandise rate. This generous concession will be of great value to us in building up the collection of living animals,and all collectors and correspondents who may desire to forward specimens to us are requested to ship by the United States Express Co.(or the B. and O. ) in preferenc to the Adams or the Southern Ex. Co. [[double-underlined]]Researches[[/double-underlined]]. Up to date no researches worthy of mention have been made, the attention of the curator having been fully occupied in duties of a practical nature. The growth of the young bears in the collection,which now contains examples of three species,has been watched with interest with a view to obtaining some exact date throwing light on the relations borne by the black bear,cinnamon and grizzly to
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