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furnished them by the museum. Collections, then, at the uni- 

 versity will be chiefly formed with reference to their actual 

 teaching value. The ground floor of Walker Museum is devoted 

 to collections in mineralogy and geology, and the Ryerson collec- 

 tion of Mexican antiquities ; the second floor is given up to the 

 work of the department of geology, as already outlined ; the third 

 floor is chiefly devoted to work in anthropology. While the col- 

 lections in geology present little of striking interest, they include 

 the great series of fossils brought together by the late Prof. U. P. 

 James, of Cincinnati, famous in American paleontology, contain- 

 ing great numbers of important specimens, and a particularly 

 complete presentation of the fossils of the Cincinnati group 

 (Lower Silurian). As stated, the work in anthropology is located 

 on the third floor of the Walker Museum. It is fair to claim that 

 at no other American institution is instruction work in anthro- 

 pology so definite and at the same time so comprehensive, some 

 eleven different courses in somatology, ethnology, and archaeol- 

 ogy being offered. Part of the space occupied is set aside for 

 laboratory work. The instrumental equipment is nearly com- 

 plete, although the material upon which to work is inadequate. 



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FIG. 7. WALKER MUSEUM. 



The charts and diagrams prepared by Dr. Boaz in connection 

 with the World's Columbian Exposition, representing an enor- 

 mous amount of investigation upon native American tribes and 

 presenting it in graphic form, are the property of the university, 

 having been originally drawn up at its expense ; they form valu- 

 able aid to class and laboratory work. While not boasting a 

 museum, the department has a considerable amount of material 

 of its own from New Mexican Pueblos, Mexico, and Peru ; it also 



