we belittle the exhibits of those days, in spite of the sensational 

 character of some of them. It is an extensive collection that 

 exhibits "800 Birds, 70 Beasts, 200 Fishes, 4000 Specimens of 

 Minerals," "a Gramphus Whale, 20 feet long," an Egyptian 

 mummy, polar bear, black and red wolves of South Carolina, 

 South African lion, bones of a moa or ostrich, and a boa constric- 

 tor, 25 feet long. 



Further light is shed on the spirit of the times by the adver- 

 tisement of a second and apparently independent museum at the 

 corner of Meeting and Market Streets which included 200 species 

 of birds, in addition to more sensational attractions, and was also 

 "brilliantly illuminated" every evening. 



THE THIRD EPOCH 



The third epoch begins in 181'8, when the Museum, apparently 

 unable to finance a building of ic^ own wis espotised b. fhe re- 

 cently organized Medical College of the State of South Carolina. 

 This was one of the leading medical colleges of the country at this 

 time and included in its faculty men of high reputation in pure 

 science as well as medicine. The Museum was now transferred 

 to the Medical College building on Queen Street, although it 

 apparently remained the property of the Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Society. 



It is interesting to note that among the institutions recently 

 affiliated with the Museum is the Medical College of the State 

 of South Carolina. Like the Museum, the Medical College is 

 emerging from the waters of tribulation and is undergoing a re- 

 organization which opens a vista into a most promising future. 

 We rejoice in the renewal after three score years of mutually 

 helpful relations between these sister institutions. 



THE FOURTH EPOCH 



The fourth epoch begins in 1850 with the third annual meet- 

 ing of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 



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