FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVER- 
SAL EXPOSITION AT ST. LOUIS 
BY TARLETON H. BEAN. 
The indoor exhibits of the Department of Fish and Game are 
combined under the same roof with those of the Forestry De- 
partment because of the intimate relationship between the forests 
and the waters. This building, known as the Forestry, Fish and 
Game Palace, is 300 feet wide and 600 feet long, containing 
about four acres of gross space. It is well filled with exhibits 
coming within the classification of the Forestry and Fish and 
Game Departments in nearly equal portions. As the amount of 
space apphed for in these two departments, however, up to the 
middle of July, 1904, is 353,451 square feet, and the net exhibit 
space in the Palace is scarcely more than 105,000 square feet, it 
would be surmised that the displays now installed represent 
careful selection. 
This eagerness to participate in the competition for awards 
at the World’s Fair at St. Louis was characteristic in all the 
departments. It has probably never been surpassed at any other 
Universal Exposition. 
In the Fish and Game Department there are exhibits from 
twenty-four foreign countries in the competitive class, besides 
those coming from Alaska, the Philippines, the United States 
Bureau of Fisheries, and the United States Zoological Park. The 
following countries are included in this catagory: Argentine, 
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ceylon, China, Cuba, Costa 
Rica, Egypt, France, Germany, German E, Africa, Great Britain, 
Guatemala, Hayti, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, 
Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Porto Rico, Siam and Venezuela. 
The following states have contributed to this department: Ar- 
kanas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New 
York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
Virginia and Washington. 
Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have 
55 
