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cube c feet long and an inch in diazxieter, with v . u: 



the t ~^T!^ of an egg stdL This had ber 



ha ;: aboot six incfaes from the back o£ 



If :.-:-- Mippo » tiu g mj u deu rod ;. w^ii 



b ' '^'Hciag case. It was then wt 



m- .--;-- tn fin o£ tow and piasters. 



fr :i?eontbepa. f*oor to the sp e cim en, s 



it ntire length. At ^i^o^ pf rhapn a foot, a 



ring of tov and pliirfrr was abo pa d the sirfimm * 



it a e tuidv to the fin. The fiaffi i »ty p r ev e ul c 



by the piaster bat alao checked a lasterorc 



to any rough por ti oo s of the specssaea. iYouected in this xr 



was TtmStf m ounted and installed. 



Besides the rilril H li i Mi cases, the departmental material tiau a po. — . 

 to the new >«ia'<^i<e was <—»»■"»*«< in 226barreis, 1,086 large boxes and 

 crates and several t hous a nd small boxes and cartons. Packing, traaa- 

 po i tati oo and ""f'***'"T of this material was accompfiriied with prac- 

 tically no loss whatever from breakage or other injmy, a fact which gives 

 proof of the care with whicfa the packing and handling was done. The 



years ago by Mr. Geor^ge Manierre and temporarily boosed at the Chi- 

 cago Academy of Scienoes through the courtesy of that institutiaD, 

 abo transferred to the new haiktmg. 



In order to fariTit a te placing of the ezhibitioo cases in the 

 ***H«iwig^ installation mmib er s were given to each hall of the portion of 

 the tMa^Ciig ■mifrifd to the department and to each alcove in each 

 haD. The cases designated for these alcoves were then 

 ■*"»»—<, so that on arrival at the new boilding each case 

 directly to its assigDed alcove. Before installation all the ^ass of all the 

 cases was rifanrd, the wood-work of the exteriors was rrfinirfrd and 

 that of the interiors i ^^i^iit^i Any injuries to the exterior wood-work 

 of the caaes that were too deep to be rubbed oot, were carefully rtmrlrrl 

 oat and new wood inserted and the whole refinished in such a manner as 

 to restore the cases to their original appearance. The cases formiqg the 

 sides of the alcoves were carefully fitted to one another in such a manner 

 as to make the line of joining as narrow and i iMnawyiifonas as po aa h ifc ' 

 and they were then s e cur e ly fastmrd together. A greater rigidity and 

 stability of the caaes was tfans gained, and a pleaang appearance of the 

 caaes as seen from the aisle was prodnced. The nomber of cases so joined 

 was 1 26. Twenty of the fiat cases having diown in moving that the 

 tnrthnd of ■*****"■*—** of the legs was not as ncnre as was 



