Excerpt from Science, Vol. 12: A Weekly Journal, Devoted to the Advancement of Science; July-December, 1900 In the absence of a committee I beg leave to make the following personal report on the grant of $100 made me for investigation of the blind vertebrate fauna of North America. 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.