for the safety and security of his books and valuable papers. 

 The construction of this fire-proof is new, and presents several 

 advantages which are not found in any other which I have seen. 

 It has two sets of double doors ; it opens four feet wide and six 

 feet high, and inside is lined all around with iron : the weight 

 of the iron work is one thousand five hundred pounds. Count- 

 ing house desks, grates, hydrant, &c. finish the first floor of the 

 building. 



The second story is a continuation of drawers and bottles, al- 

 phabetically arranged, like the first floor, and contains four hun- 

 dred drawers and eight hundred bottles of various sizes, labelled 

 in gold ; also, counters and scales, Sec. 



The third story contains packages of goods, opened and pla- 

 ced in bins, holding each about a barrel and a half, which are 

 arranged in regular rows, six rows in number, and each row ex- 

 tending in depth forty five feet ; also counters and scales, as in 

 the other stories. In this story is also partitioned oflf a minera- 

 logical room, centaining a cabinet of near four thousand speci- 

 mens, neatly arranged, besides a large duplicate collection for 

 exchanging. 



The fourth story contains glass ware of various descriptions, 

 unpacked on shelves running the whole length of the store, sixty 

 five feet ; also packages of goods unopened, arranged in regu- 

 lar rows, with sufficient space between to admit a person to 

 walk ; also a loft for hay, boxes, &c. and an improved hoisting 

 machine, by which the orders put up, on the first floor are raised 

 and packed, and again let down when ready to ship or send 

 away. In consequeuce of a want of room being still experien- 

 ced, it is intended shortly to a;dd another story to the building. 



This finishes a brief outline of the construction of my store, 

 and I hope I shall be indulged to say in conclusion, that I give 

 a devoted personal attention to business, and no article is re- 

 ceived into or sent away from the store without my particular 

 examination, and no article of inferior quality is ever received 

 or sold. I have adapted all my plans and arrangements for 

 supplying the orders of physicians and medical men. As I keep 

 no paints, oils, varnishes, dye-stuffs, &c., I can therefore attend 

 more especially to the calls and wants of practitioners of medi- 



