NEW ESKIMO EXHIBIT 4] 
Reptiles, in the corridor, belong to an earlier period during which Rep- 
tiles were the dominant animals of the world, and the Naosaurus and its 
contemporaries of the Permian Period are of that still more ancient 
time when Amphibians, related to the efts and salamanders of the 
present day, were the dominant animals and the reptile race was in its 
infancy. ‘The splendid series of Permian fossils contained in the Cope 
collection, together with valuable collections more recently made for the 
Museum, will make a remarkable exhibit of these gigantic amphibians 
and primitive reptiles, which have heretofore been imperfectly known. 
The extreme remoteness of this period may be judged from the 
estimate that the Naosaurus lived twelve million years ago, or twice as 
long ago as the Brontosaurus, six times as old as the Four-loed Horse 
and two hundred times as old as the Mammoth and the Mastodon or 
the oldest traces of fossil Man. 
The scientific description of the Naosaurus skeleton by Professor 
Osborn will shortly appear in the Bulletin of the Museum. 
A NEW ESKIMO EXHIBIT. 
a) 7) HROUGH the great amount of excellent material brought 
LEA in from the many expeditions to the Far North made 
by Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., and the ex- 
tensive whaling cruises of Captain George Comer the 
American Museum stands preéminent among all insti- 
tutions along the lines of ethnological research amid 
Arctic peoples. The completeness of the material and data thus 
assembled has enabled the Museum to install a series of groups and 
cases which illustrate vividly the home and village life of the Central 
Eskimo, together with their utensils, implements and weapons and the 
methods of using them. 
A large free space has been formed at the north end of the North 
Hall on the ground floor of the building near the entrance to the audi- 
torium by removing two of the tall pier cases and substituting lower 
cases which are better adapted to the display of the material used. One 
result of the change is that from any point within the area the visitor 
may obtain a clear general idea of the whole exhibit. Resting places. 
for visitors have been provided in the shape of two skin-covered sledges 
which were among the number used by Mr. Peary in his arctic work. 
