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not up to very strict reciuirciiionts, ])ut everything was done to make 

 them dust tight, as far as wood will allow it. Some of the larger cases 

 have no doors on hinges, hut the frames ai'e tightly screwed on, which 

 fact I have mentioned above at the Field Museum as entirelv anti- 



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quated and not very reconnnendable. Since the ))uilding in other 

 respects is totally fireproof, ;ind after th(>, stid cx])ei'ience of the two 

 conHagrations, it would ((M-taiidy have been more advisable to use 

 iron furniture instead of wooden. 



