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Of water-animals, fisheries, and of fish-culture and apparatus, the ex- 
hibit is quite extensive. The most striking exhibition under this head 
is by the city of Gloucester, Mass., which claims to stand at the head of 
the fishing-ports of the whole world in the extent of her operations, the 
admirable model and construction of her clipper-vessels, the elaborate 
facilities for preparing her products for consumption and for placing 
them upon the market, and, finally, for the enterprise, daring, and 
skill of her fishermen. Her exhibit at the Centennial Exposition con- 
sists of a tank of water, in Agricultural Hall, twenty-three feet long and 
twelve feet wide, upon which float correct models of her fishing-fleet of 
both olden and modern times. A miniature wharf of modern construc- 
tion and a cob-wharf, representative of past days, very strikingly illus- 
trate the progress which has marked this branch of productive enter- 
prise. A graving-dock and marine-railway running down into the 
water greatly lighten the labor of landing the finny cargoes ; miniature 
crews of model fishermen, clad in garments peculiar to their avocation, 
present characteristic scenes of the Gloucester fish-trade. Specimens 
of the products and machinery of fishing, with minerals, mosses, shells, 
corals, &c., from the sea are ranged around the tank. The statistics of 
this port for 1875 show a total fish-production of $3,909,500, of which 
about half represents the cod-fisheries, and one-sixth mackerel, and 
nearly one-sixth halibut; the remainder consists of herring, hake, shell- 
fish, &c. 
~ In the Agricultural Hall large glass aquaria are provided for the 
accommodation of numerous fresh and salt water animals. These 
aquaria are themselves exhibits, showing the most scientific methods of 
preserving live fish. Casts of fossil-fish and marine animals are numer- 
ous. Preserved products of the fisheries come from different parts of 
the country, together with fishing-apparatus and prepared bait. <A fish- 
hatching apparatus from Northville, Mich., illustrates an important 
improvement in economic civilization. From England the official cata- 
logue notes only specimens of emasculated salmon. Canada shows a 
considerable number of fishery-products, together with some improve- 
ments in fish-catching. France shows numerous fish-products, mostly 
preserved sardines; one exhibit consists of pearls. Austro-Hungary 
has some preserved fish, and Netherlands some fishing boats, hooks, &e. 
Sweden and Norway excel all other foreign countries in the extent and 
variety of their exhibit under this head. The Swedish Royal Centen- 
nial Commission have a collection of fishes living in Swedish waters. 
Fish-products and processes of fishing are numerous. The Museum of 
Bergen, Norway, presents a collection of zoological memorials especially 
rich in the marine and fresh-water animals. Fish-products and fishing- 
apparatus are shown in numerous and elaborate forms. Among the 
latter is a unique fishing-sled from Christiania. Italy shows a few eels 
and sardines in oil. Brazil exhibits isinglass, and the Argentine Re- 
public sea-shells and fishing-lines and baskets. 
Animal and vegetable products.—This is an extensive list of exhibits, 
including preparations of animal flesh, milk, tissue, oils, &c., and 
numerous vegetable products. The great pork establishments of the 
West make a fine display of their products, while the glue and candle 
factories of the East exhibit very creditable specimens. One exhibitor 
proposes to obviate *‘ the peculiar and unpalatable piggy flavor so notice- 
able in most hams” by a delicate tlavoring in the process of cure in 
combination with pure white powdered sugar. Brands of cooked meats, 
biscuits of fish-flour, and specimens of mince-meat, illustrate the 
economic direction of art in the preparation of animal food. One ex- 
