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armor, and of Engiisli swords of tlie 16th and 17tli centuries, 

 halberds, guns, etc.; and a unique and superb collection of 

 oriental (chietiy East Indian) carvings, embroideries, weapons, 

 etc. which are exhibited in a room fitted up in oriental style — 

 the walls hung with costly embroidered fabrics and furnished 

 with carved teak wood. This collection is a recent legacy. 

 There is also a very good collection of Greek and Roman coins 

 and of modern medals and coins from most of the countries of 

 the world, several thousand specimens in all. 



In collecting and arranging the specimens the chief objects 

 aimed at are to illustrate the lectures on natural history and so 

 to make the museum a valuable adjunct of classroom work, and 

 to illustrate the natural history of the state of Vermont. 



Vermont state cabinet, Montpelier. George H. Perkins, state 

 geologist, in charge. The museum is designed to be mainly 

 local, illustrating in all its branches, the natural history of 

 the state. It contains for the most part, Vermont specimens, 

 though these are supplemented to some extent, by specimens 

 of groups not found in the state, e. g. corals etc. 



Paleontology. 500 specimens: a series of Cambrian fossils 

 from Highgate and Georgia Vt., including fine examples of the 

 Parker ledge, Olenellus, Mesonacis, etc.; a representative series 

 of Calciferous (Fort Cassin), Chazy, Trenton and Utica fossils 

 of western Vermont, Lake Champlain region; an extensive series 

 of the Carpolithes etc. from the Tertiary Lignite of Brandon; also 

 a nearly complete skeleton of Delphinapterus leucas 

 (L> (' 1 u g a V e r m o n t a n a); two mastodon tusks nearly com- 

 plete from the Champlain clay and other Quaternary fossils. 

 The whole number on exhibition is not large because of lack of 

 case room. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens: a good collection of Vermont 

 species, specially quartz, actinolite, calcite, ores of iron, lead, 

 copper and manganese; also many other species less full}^ rep- 

 resented. 



Historic and economic geology. 5000 specimens: a complete 

 series of the rocks of Vermont collected b}- the survey of 

 1856-60; also a nearly complete set of marbles, slates and gran- 

 ites showing the rough and polished surfaces. 



