4 Report of a Journey Around the JJ^or/d. 



The fortunate sele<5lion of Mr. Clarence M. Wilson of Boston 

 for this post proved the wisdom of the advice followed, and the 

 fulness of this report as well as the work done in the apparently 

 neglected American museums later, together with many sugges- 

 tions of pracftical value, must be credited to this very efficient 

 secretar}' and fellow-traveler. 



In San Francisco the museum of the California Academy of 

 Science had disappeared in the terrible fire, and many good 

 specimens of Marquesan and other Polynesian origin were un- 

 fortunately lost. In the Oakland public museum are some good 

 specimens I have examined when in possession of their collecftor. 



At Chicago the schedule of the trains allowed a few hours 

 which were devoted to a visit to the Field Museum (Fig. i), where 

 I found my friend Dr. C. F. Millspaugh had just returned from a 

 long journey, and b}- his courtesy I vi^as enabled to see many 

 improvements, especially in the Botanical Department where Dr. 

 Millspaugh has had most beautiful glass enlargements of flowers 

 and their fertilization, fruits and fungi prepared by a most efficient 

 corps of assistants. Notes were also made on the good mounting 

 of corals. Dr. F. J. V. Skiff, the well-known Director, I also met 

 for a few moments as he was starting for Europe that day by an- 

 other route, and we met again in Moskau.' 



In Washington I visited the new National Museum ( Fig. 2) and 

 was entertained by Dr. W. H. Dall and Mr. H. W. Henshaw, head 

 of the Biological Department of the Agricultural Bureau. Many 

 skulls, a portion of the game collected in Africa by ex-President 

 Roosevelt, were seen, but the arrangement of the new building 

 was not complete enough, nor the time at my disposal sufficient to 

 make a thorough inspedlion ; when in order the colle(5lions will be 

 worth a special visit. The Carnegie Administration Building 

 (Fig. 3) was also visited, and although I was not fortunate enough 

 to find Dr. Woodward, the obliging Secretary showed me over the 

 building and explained its uses. A part of the da}- in this beauti- 

 ful city was used in obtaining the necessar)^ passport for travel in 

 Russia, and also a letter of introducflion from the Department of 

 State, to provide for possible needs. 



The Peabody Ethnological Museum in Cambridge was familiar 

 from many former visits and from its most valuable publications; 



' Illustrations of the contents of this museum are given in the sequel. 



[152] 



