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utilizing the liair, fur, feathers, skin, scales, flesh, bones, horns, teeth, 

 claws, viscera, and excrements of various animals were displayed. A 

 collection of models and illustrations of traps were also included. 



In the section of Fisheries and Fish-culture (2,345 square feet) was dis- 

 played a large collection of fishing apparatus and 150 photographs il- 

 lustrative of the methods employed in our sea and river fisheries ; also 

 a large number of plaster models of food-fishes of I^orth America. The 

 operations of hatching young fish of several species were fully shown. 



The exhibit of the Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology 

 (1,274 square feet) was one of the largest prepared by the Smithsonian 

 Institution. The various kinds and grades of the ores of each metal 

 were shown, and also collections representing the processes for the ex- 

 traction of the metals from their ores. 



The exhibit of the Department of Ethnology (1,904 square feet) con- 

 sisted of a collection illustrating the social condition of the various 

 tribes of North American Indians and Eskimo. 



The Textile display (1,624 square feet) was intended to show the 

 numerous fibers used in the manufacture of textiles, and, as far as 

 practicable, the various stages of preparation and the processes of 

 manufacture. The fibers of foreign countries were largely represented. 



The exhibit of the Department of Mollusks (1,328 square feet) in- 

 cluded several cases of the fresh- water mussels, marine shells, the 

 edible mollusca of the United States, and selected specimens from the 

 Indo Pacific region. 



In the Mineral exhibit (1,290 square feet) was a collection of the 

 minerals which afford gems and ornamental stones, and several speci- 

 mens of cut and polished stones. 



The Mammal exhibit (1,082 square feet) consisted of 160 specimens, 

 representing 150 species and varieties, and including all of the North 

 American ruminants except the musk-ox, the important carnivores, the 

 noxious rodents, representative species of porpoises, the manatees, and 

 the more characteristic monkeys, sloths, bats, and insectivores. 



A collection illustrating the development of the vessels of the mer- 

 chant marine was shown in the space allotted to the section of Naval 

 Architecture (686 square feet). Prominent among these were models 

 showing the development of cotton-ships. 



In the Art exhibit (652 square feet) a collection of 120 autotypes was 

 arranged chronologically by countries, and was intended to represent 

 the most noted pictures of the principal artists of the world and the 

 most renowned pieces of sculpture. The process of photo-engraving 

 was also illustrated by a collection from the Photo-Engraving Company 

 of New York. 



An interesting exhibit was made by the Society of American Taxi- 

 dermists. This occupied 595 square feet, and included specimens pre- 

 pared by some of the leading members of the society. 



The collection of birds, occupying 540 square feet of floor-space, con- 



