Annual report of the trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, in Cambridge : together with the report of the director, 1866.

  • Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Annual report of the trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, in Cambridge : together with the report of the director, 1866. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    [A.] ANNUAL REPORT Of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology on resuming his duties in 1866. By Louis Agassiz. • As the work of the Museum for the past year was conducted by the assistant in charge, A. Agassiz, I submit his report as a part of mine, referring to it, in connection with the reports of the other assistants, for an account of the active operations of the Museum during the closing academic year. EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, By Alexander Agassiz, Assistant in Charge. The very large collections obtained by the Brazilian Expedi- tion, so generously fitted out by Mr. Thayer, while they have added greatly to the value of the Museum, have necessarily impeded the regular work of the institution during the past year. The invoices arrived so frequently, and the mass of new material was so great, that the labor of all the assistants in the Museum was scarcely sufficient to keep pace with the influx of specimens. It was therefore necessary to interrupt, for a time, the ordinary preparations for exchanges. Fortunately we were not largely in arrears, and as none of our more recent exchanges have suffered any delays we are not indebted to other institu- tions for any considerable amount. The departments of con- chology and entomology suffered less disturbance, and in spite of the numerous interruptions, the accompanying reports will show a degree of activity in that part of the work which com- pares favorably with that of previous years. The other depart- ments, especially those of vertebrates and radiates, were, however, necessarily neglected, from the causes above stated. As the Museum had not the means of engaging additional aid to meet the unusual exigencies, the assistant in charge was obliged to devote his time almost exclusively to the care of the