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...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Review of the Report by A. Agassiz on the Expedition of the 'Albatross' to the East Pacific," Mr. H. B. Bigelow. Short Papers, Room 1, fifth floor...
...arranged in fourteen cases, each containing from eight to ten pictures and show the typical dress and customs of the natives of these regions. The photographs were taken by Alexander Agassiz, W. McM. Woodworth, A. G. Mayer, H. K. and W. E. Faulkner, and by members of the "Albatross" expedition...
...most valuable single gift of the year is the large ethnological collection from the South Sea Islands, which was made by Dr. Alexander Agassiz and Dr. W. MeM, Woodsworth on the execution of the U. S. Fish Commission S. S. Albatross in 1899-1900. The specimens were largely gathered directly from the peoples of the Fj., Society, Marshall, Gilbert. They include various kinds of dishes, weapons, cloth, basis, canoes and other objects and give almost compiled and costumes of the natives...
...Woodworth summarizes briefly the work carried on in the museum, the changes and improvements in the building, and gives a somewhat detailed account of the recent gifts made to the different departments. The report closes with an account of the voyage of the "Albatross" to the tropical islands of the Pacific and the deep sea discoveries made by the Harvard exploring party on board...
...United States Fish Commission has recently received a second letter from Dr. Agassiz, dated Nov. 6, 1899, which further describes his cruise in the Albatross. The work has been largely of the same character as before, but more attention has been paid to the construction and nature of the coral islands of the Paumotu, Gloucester, and Fiji Groups. This includes a study of the growth of the different islands into groups, and the animal life in the lagoons as compared with that outside in the ocean. He has thus been able to test the statements made by other explorers. Only...