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examined the work at the workshop a little way out of Boston and made 
a preliminary payment in terms of our previous agreement. I also saw 
Messrs, Rockwell and Churchill and made arrangements that they 
should publish our catalogue, in a similar style to the handbook 
which they had issued for us already. 
Returning to New York, I started for Chicago, via Washington, 
where Mr. W. E. Curtis, the Chief of our seétion, the Latin-American 
Department, was then located ; andthrough his kindness, my work in 
Chicago has been considerably simplified, since Mr. Welles, who had 
visited the Colony inthe interests of the Fair, was told off to take me 
round and put me in touch with the various officers of the Exhibition. 
So far everything has gone all right; and the Exhibition authorities 
have done all that could be desired to help in every way possible. 
Considerable pressure was brought to bear on me to split up our 
exhibits, and to place the mining and forestry exhibits in their appro- 
priate buildings ; but I pointed out that this would be against all our 
previous efforts and would destroy whatever interest there would be in 
our small show. There was of course every courtesy in the requests 
made ; though the authorities are of opinion that as regards the adver- 
tisement of the Colony, it was a decided mistake on our part not to 
make a show, however small, in all the great buildings. From this 
point of view, no doubt it would have been wiser to concentrate our 
efforts in making a good show in sugars, rum, and molasses in the Agri- 
cultural Building, gold in the Mining, woods, etc., in the Forestry, 
and Indian things in the Ethnological : but it is too late now to corre& 
it. Our main exhibit will of course be in our space in the Agricultural 
Building, which I have got increased in the facade from 48 to sc} feet. 
The native Indian huts will be built on the shores of the lake, and will 
be inhabited by the natives themselves when they come—the ethnolo- 
gical colleétion will be shown (space 39 x 16) in the speciai building 
close to the native peoples, the whole being not far from the 
Agricultural Building, It was quite out of the question to have these 
close to our main court : there was no place that could thus be utilised. 
The gold-digging bateau and one corial and woodskin I have placed in 
the Transportation Building in a space 45 x 10, in a very favourable 
location granted for the purpose; so that these will serve as an adver- 
tisement in this main building. I am extremely sorry that we cannot 
put in an appearance in the Mining and Forestry Buildings , for as the 
authorities say, since these buildings are specially devoted to such 
