CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. G3 



minerals and the extent to which mines of the same have been opened 

 and prosecnted. Arrangements have been made for a display of the 

 choice minerals of the country, principally as a loan from several pri- 

 vate cabinets in Philadelphia and elsewhere. 



III. 



The display of the animal resources of the country will also be very- 

 extensive and interesting, as embracing, in the first place, an exhibi- 

 tion of all the species capable of any economical application to the 

 wants of mankind, and, secondly, such forms as have special inter- 

 est to the naturalist. This will have three divisions: first, the repre- 

 sentations of the animals themselves, either living, stuffed, molded in 

 plaster, or photographed; secondly, the applications of these animals 

 in whole or in part; and, third, the apparatus by which they are pur- 

 sued, captured, and utilized. This division will naturally fall into the 

 primary classification of the mammals, the birds, the reptiles, the fishes, 

 and the invertebrates, land and marine. 



Among the mammals, mounted in the best manner, and in their stages 

 of age, sex, and season, will be shown those of most importance as food, 

 such as the different species of deer, including the moose, elk, and cari- 

 boo, the musk-ox, the buffalo, &c. The fur-bearing species will be rep- 

 resented by the bears, grizzly, brown, black, white, &c. ; the foxes, 

 black, cross, gray, kit, &c. ; wolves, fur-seals, sea-lions, sables, minks, 

 &c. Those furnishing oil will be the whales, the porpoises, and other 

 cetaceans. The other species, furnishing leather, bone, «&c., will also be 

 represented. 



The birds will include all the forms that are appreciated as being eat- 

 able and as supplying feathers, plumes, &c., for purposes of ornament 

 or domestic utility. The kinds specially beneficial or injurious to the 

 farmer will also be exhibited. 



Among the reptiles will be included the edible frogs, terrapins, sea- 

 turtles, the alligator, as furnishing food, leather, oil, &c. 



The fishes will be shown in very great variety, to include, for the most 

 part, plaster-casts, colored from nature, of the most important species. 

 Some specimens will be shown in alcohol, while others will be repre- 

 sented by photographs. Of the casts, including the cetaceans, over five 

 hundred are more or less complete, some of them fifteen feet long. 



Among the objects of the fifth division will be the eatable mollusks, 

 such as the oyster in its different varieties, the clams, the eatable crabs, 

 lobsters, sponges, and many other forms, both land and aquatic. 



The second series of the animal display will consist of a systematic 

 presentation of the applications of these animals, such as the different 

 preparations of food, whether as dried, smoked, salted, pickled, or 

 canned ; second, of the various applications of the teeth, bones, horn, 

 &G., for ornaments or other uses ; third, of the preparations of fur, 



