Now I shall briefly describe the exhibition % <3 ±jl $£ %\\ CO f|£ % % |£ £ A. I I ^ At 



rooms. ^ 



In the north room, Japanese specimens were =fe «- «* JU 3iL »J /? S« u CE ^ "t > o ^ JH 



arranged according to the latest classification. In CO Wi ^- t UiM L^ ~M 1M. I- 15. IS >J ! ] £ L 

 the south room, foreign specimens were exhibited 



in the order of the nations a tourist passes when "C „ ii£ |?> — JtJ CO j|g[ J? { - > ^ fH f|[ ;£• 



he goes round the world. In the hall connecting ,. _„ ^ T ^ ., ^ * b a. w- -t- i- i+ 



the two rooms, large specimens both from home * MM bll i: I« 6 t 3 IT Ull 



and abroad were shown. On the walls of every pb m & ^r> -4- jf; iis ^ ^ tu rap ? gft h t- 

 room and the hall, various pictures, paintings, and 



illustrations were hung. In many other places I {£ IH fj§ •» IS 51 t? ir $a ^ ~» $T ^ !- 13" %t 



exhibited all kinds of articles that were made of _^ ^ . ffl CJ rs m n pat -* -*• ift -a- 



shells or in the shape of shells, various designs WflfflBn> AS ffl pp> M M> h, Wb> 31- 



and many books or pamphlets relating to shells, ^^W. O M^ mi' fc $bW* L. B "C IS H 

 and great numbers of other specimens. 



In this way, I tried my best to break the $6 £ ft JH H # <D W- H J: gg b> ^^> 



monotony of the exhibition, and to eive pleasure t^- ^. & *s- _^- -j* /J, *, 7 ~r -a- t=t t, w -A- 



and satisfaction to all visitors, both scholars and * * *- fcf**«U-CSli: Ik 2 



businessmen, high and low, and young and old. L£>/i£$|L#/2$> ft §f HI U i£ /l£ ^A 



An account of it appeared in several newspapers. ^ ^ i r *?- ^n=ah 



I am well convinced that this exhibition has more I' TO l^ % 'P R m\- Wl t %> ^£ m *£. m 



or less effected its purpose in diffusing the know- ]^£$:^,&L/2S^C 7 ><v*llU #C I- 

 ledge of shells, and an interest in them among 



people who were all strangers to nature. $> |£ £ ]g 7£ 6 rlC ?!l qu £> ^ ^ 3; — # 1 - 



In memory of the exhibition, I have had photo- ~ -Vt-Httn-H-JISST -> &• 



graphs taken of the most important and prominent ^^"^ *Z. £T N #r .•> UT I- hh b -» ^-•2- 



specimens, modris and other things, and have made -^k :/\ (- IE -^h £ "t" <5 <L £ 'v -X L iftn 

 an album of them, so that I can present a copy to 

 each of my dear, kind friends. 



Y. HIRASE. 2p ffl m - sis ta 



