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The cast of this tablet in the Smithsonian Institution agrees more closely with Short's representation in respect to the details mentioned than with that given in the "Ancient Monuments." Nevertheless, if this cast be accepted as the faithful copy of the original it has been supposed to be, the engraving in Short's volume is subject to criticism.
I find that the report of the Smithsonian Institute gives the average annual rainfall in the section around Andersonville, at fifty-six inches nearly five feet while that of foggy England is only thirty-two. Our experience would lead me to think that we got the five feet all at once. We first comers, who had huts, were measurably better off than the later arrivals.
Wilson, in speaking of the compressed skulls of various American races, adds, "such usages are among the least eradicable, and long survive the shock of revolutions that change dynasties and efface more important national peculiarities." 'Smithsonian Institution, 1863, p. 289.
We made it home without mishap the same day we started, all of us sure life held something new and enjoyable after all. If nothing happens there are some more good times in store for me this summer. Gavotte once worked under Professor Marsden when he was out here getting fossils for the Smithsonian Institution, and he is very interesting to listen to.
Jones of Washington City, United States, and this is Professor Gray, of Smithsonian Institute, same city." The Count shook hands with them very cordially, and asked, "How many are there of your party?" Upon being told, he immediately desired that they all be brought to the castle.
In 1852, the Dakota Dictionary and Grammar were published by the Smithsonian Institute at its expense. The dictionary contained sixteen thousand words and received the warm commendation of philologists generally. The language itself is still growing and valuable additions are being made to it year by year.
Webster then referred to Shelford, p. 105, and onward, under the head "Jews," in the fourth paragraph, where, he stated, the whole matter, and all the cases, as regarded the condition and position of the Jews respecting various charities, were given in full. He then referred to the Smithsonian legacy, which had been mentioned, and which he said was no charity at all, nor any thing like a charity.
By this time he had become intimate with Professor Henry, at whose hospitable house he and his family were staying during their visit at Washington. He had the warmest sympathy not only with Professor Henry's scientific work and character, but also with his views regarding the Smithsonian Institution, of which he had become the Superintendent shortly after Agassiz arrived in this country.
Annual Reports of the Smithsonian Institution. Annual Reports of the National Audubon Society. Bird Day. How to Prepare For It. C. C. Babcock. Bird Neighbors. John Burroughs. Bird enemies. John Burroughs. How to Attract the Birds. N. B. Doubleday. The Food of Nestling Birds. Yearbook 1900. Does It Pay the Farmer to Protect Birds? Yearbook 1907. Birds as Weed Destroyers. Yearbook 1898.
And then, as we stood out on the sidewalk agin, the Smithsonian Institute passed through my mind; and then the Corcoran Art Gallery passed through it, and several other big, noble buildin's. But I let 'em pass; and I says to Sally, "Let us go at once and see the man that makes the public schools." Says I, "There is a man that I honor, and almost love." And she said she didn't know who it wuz.
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