Excerpt from Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College, in Cambridge: Together With the Report of the Director for 1871 On the point of leaving Cambridge for an extensive journey, to explore the greatest depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on both sides of the American Continents, I deem it my duty to' state to this Board, what measures I propose to take for the management of the Museum during my absence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College, in Cambridge: Together With the Report of the Director, 1866 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.