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music and the long plays, give an opportunity, rare east of Cali- 

 fornia, to see the dramatic art and religious rites of the Celestials. 

 The Dahomey village, with mud-daubed huts, on which are 

 scraped queer animal and bird figures, and its war-dance on a 

 central platform, gives a real glimpse of negro Africa. The street 

 of Cairo, narrow, crooked, with its bazaars, shops, and booths 

 along both sides, its donkeys and camels, its school with children 

 crying the Koran aloud, and its juggler plying his mystic trade, 

 attracts great crowds. The Egyptian temple with its dancing 

 dervishes, a Lapland village, Javanese village, Polynesian settle- 

 ment, Algerian and Turkish theaters are among the other attrac- 

 tions on the Midway Plaisance where one may study ethnogra- 



ESKIMOS FROM LABRADOR. World's Columbian Exposition. 



phy practically. Two concessions of unusual interest are not on 

 the Plaisance, but in the main Exposition grounds. These are the 

 Eskimo village and the cliff dwellings. The Eskimo village has 

 been located for a long time ; and last winter, when snow filled the 

 air and the pond was ice-covered, its inhabitants were a happy 

 crowd. They amused themselves and their visitors by sledding 

 with dogs, skating on old wooden runners, and whipping pennies 

 with their long-lashed dog- whips. Several babies were born in the 

 village, and some died. One little fellow, Christopher Columbus, 

 was an especial pet with visitors, and managed to live despite the 

 many attentions he received. Dressed in their furs these people 

 looked truly polar, but we are assured that as spring came on 



