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Professor G-oode remained until after the opening of the Exposition, 

 when pressing duties at Washington required his return. In his ab- 

 sence, Mr. Earll was designated as Deputy Representative, with Mr. M. 

 P. Snell as secretary, and W. H. Abbott, Arthur Brauer, and E. W. 

 Atfield as assistants, these constituting the permanent force during 

 the continuance of the Exposition. Mr. J. Warner Edwards, of Phila- 

 delphia, a scientist of wide experience, and a specialist in mineralogy, 

 crystallography, and lithology, who was spending the winter at New 

 Orleans, kindly volunteered his services, which were very gladly ac- 

 cepted. Mr. Edwards remained during the entire period of the expo- 

 sition, and rendered the most valuable assistance, not only in connec- 

 tion with the departments in which he was especially interested, but 

 in the general work of administration. 



THE ETHNOLOGICAL EXHIBIT. 



The ethnological exhibit prepared under the direction of Prof. Otis T. 

 Mason, curator of the department of ethnology, consisted of a collec- 

 tion illustrating the social condition of the various tribes of North 

 American Indians and Eskimos. It contained a large series of the cos- 

 tumes, weapons of war and chase, household utensils, tools, and games 

 of the different tribes, with samples of their basketry and decorative 

 work, including painting and carving, with full sized busts, in plaster, 

 of several of the leading chiefs. This exhibit occupied twenty-seven 

 cases, the educational idea, which was carefully worked out being prom- 

 inent in its arrangement. 



Adjoining this department were six cases set apart for the archaeo 

 logical collections, consisting of stone implements from various localities 

 in North America, arranged and mounted under the direction of Dr. 

 Charles Rau, curator of the department of prehistoric anthropology. 



TEXTILE EXHIBIT. 



A large and interesting collection of textiles was prepared under the 

 direction of Mr. Romyn Hitchcock, acting curator of the section of text- 

 iles. This collection was intended primarily to show the numerous 

 fibers used in the manufacture of textiles, and, as far as practicable, the 

 different stages of preparation and the processes of manufacture, begin- 

 ning with the raw material and ending with the finished product. It was 

 not limited to American fibers, but included textiles from the Philippine 

 Islands, Japan, China, Siam, Spain, Portugal, England, and other coun- 

 tries. Prominent among the exhibits were esparto grass, agavi fibers, 

 jute, flax, Spanish hemp, ramie, Chinese grass cloth, a large collection 

 of raw cotton and cotton cloths, a collection of silk, including the cocoons 

 and raw silk and the manufactured goods. The collection also contained 

 specimens illustrating the manufacture of hair-cloth and carpets of 

 various kinds. The whole was neatly mounted in standard Museum 



