Excerpt from Suggestions to the Keepers of the U. S. Life-Saving Stations, Light-Houses, and Light-Ships: And to Other Observers, Relative to the Best Means of Collecting and Preserving Specimens of Whales and Porpoises Your attention is called to the following letter, addressed to this Office by Prof. Spencer F. Baird, U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and you are requested to render him all the assistance possible in furtherance of the Obj ects specified therein not in compatible with the performance of your regular duties. 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.