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  EXPOSITION. 
  

  

  159 
  

  

  attracted 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  during- 
  the 
  closing- 
  days 
  of 
  tlie 
  Expo- 
  

   sition, 
  and 
  added 
  greatly 
  to 
  this 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit. 
  The 
  fry 
  hatched 
  

   from 
  them 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Clara 
  Meer, 
  a 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  Exposition 
  grounds, 
  

   about 
  30 
  acres 
  in 
  area. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  numbers 
  and 
  kinds 
  of 
  eggs 
  received 
  

   and 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  from 
  them 
  : 
  

  

  * 
  Nine 
  thousand 
  fry 
  delivered 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Barnard. 
  t 
  Fry 
  planted 
  in 
  lake 
  at 
  Piedmont 
  Park. 
  

  

  CLosma 
  OF 
  the 
  exposition. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  Exposition 
  the 
  fresh-water 
  fishes 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  

   public 
  and 
  private 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Atlanta; 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

   the 
  salt-water 
  fishes 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Washington 
  and 
  exhibited 
  in 
  

   the 
  aquarium 
  at 
  Central 
  Station. 
  No 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  

   grotto, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  seriously 
  damaged 
  in 
  taking 
  apart 
  and 
  

   transporting; 
  besides 
  this, 
  the 
  Commission 
  had 
  no 
  facilities 
  for 
  storing 
  

   it 
  in 
  Washington. 
  The 
  aquaria, 
  pumps, 
  piping, 
  supply, 
  and 
  reservoir 
  

   tanks, 
  were 
  taken 
  down 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Washington, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  

   turned 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  Acting 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Park. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  arrangements 
  were 
  completed 
  for 
  the 
  

   disposition 
  of 
  the 
  aquarium, 
  the 
  representative 
  returned 
  to 
  Washington, 
  

   leaving 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoff 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  packing 
  and 
  reshipment 
  of 
  

   all 
  exhibits. 
  This 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  February, 
  and 
  all 
  material 
  bor- 
  

   rowed 
  from 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  was 
  returned 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  aquarium 
  proved 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  and 
  attractive 
  exhibit 
  on 
  

   the 
  grounds, 
  and 
  was 
  always 
  crowded 
  to 
  its 
  fullest 
  capacity, 
  even 
  when 
  

   the 
  attendance 
  at 
  the 
  Exposition 
  was 
  small. 
  

  

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  diligence, 
  intelligence, 
  and 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission 
  detailed 
  to 
  assist 
  at 
  Atlanta, 
  the 
  Commission 
  owes 
  much 
  of 
  

   its 
  success, 
  especially 
  to 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  G. 
  Harron, 
  who 
  was 
  in 
  general 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  exhibit 
  during 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  representative, 
  and 
  ^Ir. 
  W. 
  I*. 
  

   Sauerhoff, 
  who 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  iish-cultural 
  work 
  and 
  who 
  sui)eriiitended 
  

   the 
  packing 
  and 
  shipping 
  of 
  all 
  material 
  exhibited. 
  

  

  