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Botany. 500 specimens: an excellent series of the al^ae of 

 Long Island sound. 



Ethnology. Weapons and utensils from Somaliland, and the 

 west coast of Africa, from Arabia and Egypt; also relics of the 

 American Indians, of the pioneer settlers of America,. and of the 

 war of the rebellion; American coins and script money; an 

 interesting collection relating to the whaling industry of New 

 England. 



The Glen Island museum is maintained and arranged for the 

 instruction and entertainment of visitors to the resort, and is not 

 intended so much as a place for research as for popular illustra- 

 tion in the various branches of natural history. To this end, 

 special attention is being given to the descriptive labeling of 

 specimens, and to the use of pictures, specially with the ethno- 

 logic exhibits. Typical, large, showy specimens receive the pref- 

 erence over the rarer forms prized by museums of research, but 

 a strict standard of authenticity is maintained in all the collec- 

 tions. 



Hamilton college, Clinton. Charles H. Smyth jr, Stone professor 

 of geology and fnmerdlogy. 



Paleontology. 2500 specimens of fossils and rocks illustrating 

 the geology of New York; 1750 illustrating the formations and 

 the life of the United States; 600 fossils chiefly from Silurian 

 formations of Europe; 500 fosisil corals from the United States. 



Mineralogy. A series of 10,000 specimens of minerals, of 

 general distribution; a special series of New York minerals 

 called " The Oren Root collection of New York state minerals." 



Historic geology and litJiology. 250 specimens from the new red 

 sandstone, besides those mentioned under paleontology; United 

 States geological survey educational series of rocks, 156 speci- 

 mens; 80 specimens to illustrate the geology of the Lake 

 Superior region ; a large number of Adirondack rocks. 



Economic geology. 1000 specimens of ores, coals, petroleums, 

 building stones, etc. 



Zoology. 2000 specimens of land, fresh-water and marine 

 shells and a rare collection of Japanese shells; 300 ornithologic 

 specimens from China; a case of New Zealand birds from the 

 Transit of Venus expedition of 1874; 300 birds from Oneida 



