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cessor of the distinguished men who have brought together this 

 vast collection. I found it most instructive to compare the stone 

 work of our Pacific tribes with that of the men of the north. Our 

 tropical men had no metal, so the comparison stopped at the Iron 

 Age. We were greatly pleased with the picture galleries, which 

 contain much work of the native artists ; the landscape work offer- 

 ing especial attraction. As in all the northern museums there is 



49. NORDISKA MUSEET, STOCKHOLM. 



perhaps less danger to the specimens from insects than to the 

 visitors from cold, and the preparations were almost in the nature 

 of a fortification against the powers of Ice and Frost. 



Another great museum is in full view from this but separated 

 by one of the many water channels of this northern Venice. In 

 the Djurgards Staden rises the stately Nordiska Museet, and all 

 around are places of instruction and amusement. Open air theatres 

 where the native dances may be seen; the Biological Museum 

 where are native animals in instructive groups and surroundings ; 

 a Circus and other places for relaxation. Towering over all these 

 is the Nordiska Museet, where the Scandinavian history, of which 



the early chapters were in the National Museum, is continued 



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