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The specimen hunters

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ENJOYING the enormous endowment that it did, the Occidental University could afford to do things on a grand scale. Accordingly, when it was decided to make the department of Natural History especially rich in examples of the wild life of the Orient, the authorities considered that the best way to accomplish this would be to send the head of that department to obtain personally what was sought.

Professor Orde received the commission with somewhat mixed feelings. The novelty of the idea, the romance of it, and the inevitable spice of danger appealed strongly to his adventurous spirit. Yet he loved the daily routine of his work in the class-room and laboratory, and felt loath to have it broken in upon for a lengthened period.

There was also another cause for hesitancy on his part. A bachelor himself, he was, nevertheless,

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SRLF_UCLA:LAGE-2569340

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: London : Religious Tract Society., 2024

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cdl; americana

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English

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306621903

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The specimen hunters

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Oxley, James Macdonald, 1855-1907

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Suwardi

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https://archive.org/details/specimenhunters00oxle/page/9/mode/1up

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Suwardi

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urn:oclc:record:1155534090

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