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enclosure. The mounted wolf was the last of its species in New 

 York, and the same is probably true of the panther shown in this 

 collection. An attractive feature of the fish and game exhibit 

 was a typical hunter's cabin of the better class, built of logs with 

 a roof of spruce bark. This building was erected first in the 

 Adirondacks at Big Moose, after which it was taken down, the 

 logs numbered, and shipped to St. Louis, together with the rustic 

 fence of white cedar which enclosed the space allotted to the 

 Commission. The furniture in the cabin, including a bed and 

 lounge, was of a handsome and appropriate design, made in the 

 Adirondacks by an expert in that class of work. The floor was 

 covered with rugs of various furs, and the walls, decorated with 

 gay-colored blankets and hunting trophies, were also hung with 

 gun racks, fishing tackle, paddles, smokers' materials, and many 

 articles that would attract the eye of a sportsman. Outside the 

 cabin lay a fine specimen of an Adirondack guide boat, with its 

 cane-bottomed seats, oars, and paddle. This cabin made a con- 

 venient office for the official in charge of the New York exhibit, 

 and the seats on the porch were occupied continually by tired but 

 admiring visitors. 



The Shell Fish Department, through its superintendent, Mr. B. 

 F. Wood, displayed in cabinets an interesting and instructive col- 

 lection of various mollusks found in the marine waters of the 

 State, and the parasitic enemies that prey upon them. This 

 exhibit served to call attention to the great business interests 

 dependent on the oyster fisheries in New York waters, and the 

 connection of the Commission with this industry. 



In planning the forestry exhibit, the intention was to make it 

 instructive rather than spectacular. It was gratifying to note 

 the interest which some of the foreign exhibitors took in the ex- 



