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the exhibit. Greenhart (sic) and Mora—the hardwoods used in ship- — 
building—the Koorahura, the Wallaba, used for making rum casks, 
and the beautiful crabwood, seen so often in furniture, are the most 
valuable exhibits. They are exhibited in the rough and after passing 
through the hands of the workmen. British Guiana is proud of her 
trees and maintains that her woods are still full of them. Besides these 
specimens of woods there are logs of purpleheart, hoolooballi, tonka 
bean, locust, white and yellow satinwood, and towranero. Some 
curious specimens of buttress wood, which has no heart and looks like 
the shrivelled hand of a giant, are exhibited as stands for flower pots. 
British Guiana also shews her ski!l in making curacoa bitters and rum. 
Her preserved fruits are a speciality. In 1884, 250 ounces of gold were 
found in her gold mines. Last year the miners obtained 130,000 ounces 
and some of this is on exhibition. The prettiest part of the exhibit lies 
in the cases where some beautiful feather fans are shown. 
There was a third publication, a copy of which I did not 
obtain, but wherein I was informed we got credit for show- 
ing the ugliest toad in the world! Commissioner QUELCH, 
it is superfluous to add, was in no sense responsible for the 
vagaries displayed by the guide-book compilers. Our 
Court was situated in the extreme of the Agricultural 
Building, not only oz but almost entirely zx its north-west 
corner-side. Entering from the north-west door, the 
visitor was confronted by the Liberian Court, next towhich 
on the same side of the aisle came Curacoa, and then third 
in order, the B.G. Court. On the opposite side of the alley 
were Mexico, with a facade equal to that of Liberia and 
Curacoa combined, and Uruaguay right opposite our Court. 
Then came a cross alley, separating our Court from 
those of the Spanish West Indies and Brazil, while 
further southwards stood Trinidad. Jamaica was located 
in another building, the Manufa€tures and Liberal Arts 
Palace, associated with the latest World’s Fair calamity. 
On my arrival at the Fair, which I have already 
explained was ten days after the inauguration by 
