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set of Camarons sent by the Hon. J. Fraser was also 

 shown, as well as a good collection of bh-ds from 

 Mauritius. 



A collection of bleached corals, picked up and 

 exhibited by Mr Moutou, of Rochebois, and which were 

 snow-white during the first weeks following the opening 

 of the Exhibition were much admired. 



Some good turtle shells from St Jean de Nova 

 were shown by Mr. Vendiies. 



Representing the extinct fauna of the Island were 

 sonie bones of the Dodo (Bidus ine^itws) picked up in 

 Mare aux Songes and consisting of ribs, vertebrae and 

 leg bones, belonging to the Museum of the Prince of 

 Mantua and Montferrat. The Prince also kindly lent 

 two copies on an enlarged scale ; one of Roland Savory's 

 picture of the dodo whose original is in the Belvidere 

 Museum at Vienna, and the other of the fine plate 

 given by Strickland in his book ; the bird is standing on 

 the bank of a pool, watching the movements of an eel. 



The colours are bright, and the attitude as graceful 

 as we can suppose a dodo's to be. I am told that the 

 Royal Gallery at Berlin possesses an old picture repre- 

 senting the animals in Paradise and among them the 

 dodo. 



In this class again Mr. Ch. Lienard had very 

 interesting exhibits. Pine ostrich feathers and Emeu 

 feathers were shown by the Experimental Farm of 

 Chebel and shared attention with the eggs of these 

 birds, Mr, Lienard writes to me that he hopes to be 



