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mens of the lavas of Vesuvius; and a large series of European 

 rocks. 



Zoology. 20,000 specimens: a series of the mammals of Ver- 

 mont; a small series of skeletons and craniums of vertebrates; 

 several hundred mounted birds, many of which are in their finest 

 plumage, specially complete series of ducks, including a fine male 

 specimen of the extinct Labrador duck; a collection of birds 

 eggs; a series of mounted specimens of Lake Champlain fishes; a 

 serie® of 6000 insects; a large collection of mollusks; and a con- 

 siderable number of alcoholic specimens of reptiles, fishes, 

 crustaceans and worms; a group of nine beavers from 6 

 weeks to 3 years of age, arranged to show the animal in 

 its natural haunts, with a full sized section of a lodge, part 

 of a feeding ground, 13 feet of a dam and a representation of 

 a part of the pond. The materials were collected by Mr W. E. 

 Balch of Lunenburg, in northern Maine, and the work has been 

 done by him with the utmost fidelity to nature. 



Botany. About 70,000 specimens; of these some 50,000 are 

 the Pringle herbarium which represents pretty completely, for 

 the vascular plants, the known flora of North America together 

 with a majority of the European species and a good showing 

 from other parts of the world. It is specially rich in Mexican 

 specimens collected by Mr Pringle. The remainder of the col- 

 lection consists largely of Vermont plants. It includes the her- 

 bariums of C. C. Frost and Joseph Torrey and an almost com- 

 plete representation of the more recent collections of Gront, 

 Eggleston and other Vermont botanists. The aim is to make 

 the collection as broadly and completely representative of the 

 Vermont flora as possible. 



Vermont and Mexican specimens are available for exchange, 

 chiefly ferns and seed plants. 



Ethnology and archeology. 10,000 specimens: a large series of 

 specimens illustrating Vermont archeology; collections of 

 rtoDe and earthenware utensils from the Mississippi valley, the 

 Colorado cliff ruins, Central America and Peru; armis>, imple- 

 ments, etc., from the Pacific islands, Australia and Africa; a 

 very fine collection of Sioux weapons, articles of apparel and orna- 

 ments, etc.; an interesting collection of Japanese arms and 



