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Botany. 5000. Elliott herbarium, rich in types ; Ravanell her- 

 barium; Biltmore herbarium and many others. 



Ethnology and anthropology. About 500-1000 specimens. Casts 

 of Assyrian, Egyptian, Grecian, Aztec, monumental art, mummy 

 and cases; copies of Etruscan vases; between 500 and 1000 mis- 

 cellaneous specimens, Indian, South Sea, African, etc. 



The collections are now being rearranged. 



Furman university, Greenville. W. F. Watson, professor of 

 chemistry and natural history, in charge. 



Paleontology. Collection small. 



Mineralogy. A fair collection of the most common minerals 

 from a great variety of localities; a limited number of good 

 crystals. 



Lithology. 300 specimens. 



Zoology. A fine collection of stuffed mammals, birds and rep- 

 tiles, known as the Marshall museum, of great value and very 

 useful. 



Ethnology. 100 specimens: implements and utensils of the 

 American Indians. 



South Carolina college, Columbia. F. C. Woodward, president 

 and professor of E^iglish. 



The college museum has twice been destroyed, so that the 

 collections now are little more than what are needed for class 

 use. 



Wofford college, Spartanburg. No report. 



SOUTH DAKOTA 



South Dakota geological survey, Vermilion. James E. Todd,. 

 state geologist. 



The collections made by this department are in the custody 

 of the University of South Dakota, and are described with the 

 other collections of that university. 



State school of mines. Rapid City. Cleophas C. O'Harra, pro- 

 fessor of mineralogy and geology, in charge. 



Paleontology. 900 specimens: 300 Cretaceous fossils; 200 spe- 

 cimens (parts of vertebrates) from White River Bad Lands; 400 

 miscellaneous. 



