614 EXHIBIT AT THE COTTON STATES EXPOSITION. 



atory and photographs of the National Zoological Park; a map, 20 

 feet by 10, showing the geographical distribution of the correspondents 

 of the Institution, 24,000 in number, as entered on the books of the 

 International Exchange Bureau; also one of the fifty sets of Govern- 

 ment documents which are sent annually abroad by the Bureau. 

 In making the arrangement referred to, an attempt was made — 



(1) To give as good an idea as possible of the character of the treas- 

 ures which are preserved in the Museum, by presenting an epitome of 

 its contents, with contributions from every department. 



(2) To illustrate the methods by which science controls, classifies, and 

 studies great accumulations of material objects, and uses these as a 

 means for the discovery of truth. 



(3) To exhibit the manner in which collections are arranged, labeled, 

 and displayed in a great museum. 



(4) To afford as much instruction and pleasure as possible to those 

 who visited the Atlanta Exposition, to impress them with the value of 

 museums as agencies for public enlightenment, and thus to encourage 

 the formation of public museums in the cities of the South. 



DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS. 



In the entrance alcoves (A, B) was placed also the contribution of the 

 department of mammals. In a large wall case was a series of 43 speci- 

 mens to illustrate the range of forms in the class of mammalia, and in 

 a general way the manner in which they are classified by naturalists. 



Each of the 11 orders — Primates, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Oarnivora, 

 Bodentia, Ungulata, Cetacea, Sirenia, Edentata, Marsupialia, and 

 Monotremata — were represented. There were also five groups mounted 

 in the best style of modern taxidermy, and intended to show, by the 

 use of natural accessories, how the animals appeared in their native 

 haunts. Flanking the arch on one side was a group of Bocky Mountain 

 Sheep or Bighorns (Ovis canadensis), 6 in number, from Wyoming, 

 and on the other a group of Bocky Mountain Goats (Mazama montana), 

 3 individuals, collected in British Columbia and Montana, by Mr. 

 George Bird Grinnell. There was also a family group of the Coyote or 

 Prairie Wolf (Canis latrans), mounted by Mr. W. T. Hornaday, from 

 specimens obtained in Montana, and one of the finest examples of 

 mammal mounting in existence; also a family group of the Nine- 

 Banded Armadillo (Taiusia novemcincta), from Texas, and another of 

 the American Badger (Taxidea americana), from Kansas. 



TYPES OF MANKIND. 



Near the entrance stood a portrait statue of Osceola, the great Semi- 

 nole chief, who was born on the Chattahoochee Biver, in Georgia, in 

 1804, and who led his people in the Florida Indian war, which was 

 ended by his capture and his death in 1838. This figure was mod- 

 eled by Achille Colin and Theodore Mills from a portrait by George 



