84 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



musical instrumentis aud of the various war implenieuts of the savage 

 tribes of this and other countries; models and lay figures dressed in 

 the costumes of different lands; and an extensive series of casts of 

 Indian faces, representing and accentuating race and individual pecu- 

 liarities and characteristics. 



In the section relating to domestic industry many of the agricultural 

 implements in daily use in foreign countries, especially in China and Ja- 

 pan, were shown ; also articles of clothing, cooking utensils, chop-sticks, 

 carpenters' tools, etc. 



There were also exhibited tablets showing the different stages in mak- 

 ing Japanese lacquer- work of the ordinary kind, and of the raised gold 

 lacquer, with explanatory cards describing the same. 



In the department of textiles and fabrics the exbibit ranged from 

 the different varieties of hemp, flax, China-grass, worsted yarn for car- 

 pet weaving, and specimens of the different styles of carpets, to sam- 

 ples of the finest Italian and French silk-weaving. This exhibit also 

 included silk moths and cocoons in the various stages of development, 

 many specimens of unwoven silk, and a historical sketch of the silk in- 

 dustry in America, indicating the sources and varieties of the different 

 grades of silk. 



In the department of metallurgy were shown fac-similes of some of 

 the most famous Australian gold nuggets. 



In the division of natural history the display of antlers and horns of 

 the American deer was extensive, and there were also shown many 

 casts of the fishes of IsTorth America, besides other objects. 



Large photographs of the Department buildings in Washington, and 

 of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, their laboratories 

 and workshops, were shown. There were also many interior views of 

 the Museum, displaying articles that could not otherwise be shown. 



Articles illustrating the composition of the human body, its daily in- 

 come and expenditure, were exhibited, with specimens of the chemical 

 elements and compounds of the body, and models of the articles of food 

 constituting a day's ration for a man of average size. 



The entire Government exhibit proved to have been so selected and 

 arranged as to attract attention to all its parts in about an equal degree. 

 So much interest, in fact, was felt that the exposition management 

 made rej)eated requests to keep the articles for the following year. In 

 spite of the great desire manifested to insure another exhibit in 1888, 

 the entire Government iDroperty was returned in November, having suf- 

 fered no injury beyond the breaking of a few panes of glass in the cases. 

 I am greatly indebted to Professor Mason for valuable assistance in 

 arranging the ethnological exhibits, and to Professor True for like aid 

 in selecting and classifying specimens in the department of mammals. 

 Mr. Upham also gave efficient help in the matter of prehistoric relics, 

 and Superintendent Horan and Assistant Superintendent Steuart were 

 untiring in the work of boxing, packing, shipping, and installing the 

 exhibit. 



