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travelled with. Mr. Lanergan is a Pyrotechnist, and 

 made the fireworks which were to have been exhibited 

 on Boston common on the 4th of Julv, but were 

 delayed in consequence of rain to a later period. 

 The fireworks were quite a grand display for design, 

 color and brilliancy. 



The Boston Museum is situated on Tremont street. 

 It is an immense granite building, in the Venetian 

 style of Architecture. It was erected in 1846 at a 

 cost of upwards of $200,000. The collection com- 

 prises nearly half a million objects of interest, em- 

 bracing almost every variety of birds, quadrupeds, 

 reptiles, insects, shells, minerals and fossils, an exten- 

 sive gallery of costly paintings, engravings and 

 statuary, together with a great variety of curious 

 specimens of nature and art from all parts of the 

 world. Its usefulness as a Museum is in a great 

 measure destroyed, owing to the rear of the building 

 being occupied as a theatre ; a theatrical performance 

 is considered part of the exhibition at the Museum. 

 The charge for visiting the Museum is twenty-five 

 cents, including the theatre. 



The Athenaeum is a large and beautiful sandstone 

 building on Beacon street ; it contains a library of 



