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and apparently of natural size. The display of pottery was large 
and that shown was of a superior order. This collection was very ex- 
tensive, and included every kind, both in shape and size, of pottery 
which belonged to the country. But that which was particularly inter- 
esting about Costa Rica was her unusually large display of gold objeets. 
The greater part of these had never been shown in any public exhibi- 
tion; they had been, for the most part, excavated and exhumed by Mr. 
Alfarro himself, or through his immediate exertions. I had no oppor- 
tunity to examine them save in a slight and cursory manner; it would 
seem to be established that they were made, in addition to other sup- 
posed methods, by melting and casting. I had the privilege of taking 
some of them apart myself and choosing those pieces which had the 
greatest appearance of solder. I found no trace thereof, but it ap- 
peared impossible to have been done otherwise than by casting. I 
would not be understood to intimate that all of them were made thus, 
nor that none were made by soldering. 
Sweden and Norway.—These two countries which oceupy so close a 
relationship politically, were very properly installed together. Baron 
Nordenskiold was the Chief Commissioner, with Professor Bovallius for 
his aid. The center of the hall was occupied by a large glass case, the 
dimensions of which were to be counted by yards. It contained a 
model of the ship Vega, in which the Chief Commissioner made his cel- 
ebrated discoveries and voyages in 1878-80. Arranged in the same 
case and making part of the display, were the various implements, tools, 
weapons, arms, domestic utensils, ornaments, dress, etc., of the people 
visited during the voyage. Associated with them were the Kyaks of 
Alaska, all the dress of the fishermen and hunters while on the water, 
and their arms, instruments and weapons. 
One of the most interesting displays of the entire Exhibition was 
the ancient maps, the nucleus of which was the private collection of 
Baron Nordenskiold, and which he had been forming during many 
years past—atlases, maps, charts, globes, etc., were here without num- 
ber—some of them the rarest and most valuable to be found. One 
corner of the hall was devoted to the discoveries and investigations of 
Mr. Gustavus Nordenskiold, the son of the Baron, among the Pueblos 
and Cliff-dwellings of Arizona and the Cañons of the San Juan and its 
tributaries. The volume containing a description of his discoveries, 
with all the necessary illustrations, is now in course of publication in 
Sweden, to be made in English as well as Swedish, and intended to be 
a rich and valuable volume. 
