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THE MUSEUM. 



have not yet had the pleasure of see- 

 ing and that is the Cooney, or Little 

 Chief Hare. They are common in 

 some places in the mountains, but are 

 only found in the loose rocks above 

 timber line. Old hunters tell me 

 where I can find them, and I will be 

 sure to get some of the little fellows. 

 The greatest trouble in collecting them 

 is getting up where they are. I will 

 have to close as it is nearing dinner 

 time and I can smell the Antelope 

 steak frying. 



Nathan L. Davis. 

 Jackson's Hole, Wyo. 



A Fishery Exhibit. 



A permanent piscatorial and sea- 

 shell exhibition has been opened at 

 Gloucester, says the Fishing Ga::cttc. 

 The collection was exhibited at Chica- 

 go during the World's Fair, and at- 

 tracted a great deal of attention. 



The dedication day was quite an 

 eventful occasion with the Boston fish 

 merchants and fishermen who were 

 present and participated in the cere- 

 monies. 



The exhibit comprises every speci- 

 men of the finny tribe and implement 

 known to the American fisherman. In 

 addition to preserved specimens of 

 fish, there will be on exhibition a large 

 number of oil and water colors, illus- 

 trating every feature known to fishing, 

 from the time that vessels leave Glou- 

 cester until their return and entry into 

 Boston harbor loaded with fish; like- 

 wise views of vessels arriving in the 

 harbor in the winter months covered 

 with ice, and illustrations demonstrat- 

 ing river and lake fishing, and game 

 fish in all waters. Model houses or 

 curing, dressing and packing fish, are 

 especially interesting. 



The exhibit is certain to become 

 popular, being as it is a practical pro- 

 ject, meant to perpetuate an Ameri- 

 can industry that represents a value of 

 more than $40,000,000 a year, and 

 gives employment to over 1 75,000' 

 men, 6,400 deep water vessels. 

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A great deal has been said of late 

 about the so called "missing link" 

 found by Dr. Eugene Dubois of the 

 Dutch army in the early pleistocencc 

 strata of Java. The type of the skele- 

 ton is between the human and the 

 monkey. One swallow never makes a 

 summer, and one imperfect skull never 

 should be taken as typical of a period. 

 Had a dozen such turned up and all 

 of a common type, there would have 

 been more reason for accepting it as 

 characteristic. Of course the fact 

 that successive finds, and at remote 

 points like that of Neanderthal and 

 this of Java, are all of low type, is ex- 

 ceedingly suggestive. It is not, how- 

 ever, wise to be too sure of the mean- 

 ing of such data just yet.- — Popular 

 Science Neivs. 



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