SOUTH .1 u/'.7i'/r.i.v WOODS 35 



arc located [Enst (\)rri(lor). Here will he louiul maps of tlic iioilli and 



south polar r('*>;i()iis showing the routes of ('xi)lor('rs. Oii 

 Polftr 

 g ... , tlu^ wall by the north i)()Iar iHa|) arc the sl('(l<!;cs used hy 



Admiral P('ar>- in his last thi'cc cxix'ditions in search of the 



North Pol(\ The Morris K. Jesup s1(hI<;-c which the Admiral used in liis 



successful ])olar expciHtion is the one nearest the entrance. 

 PcHrv 



c,, , The various sle(l«i;es in their (hfferences of style show the 



Sledges '^ 



persist (Mit effort made hy Admiral Peary to l)ring the 

 sledii'c u]) to its t>;r(nit(^st ])()ssil)le usefuhiess. That he was successful on 

 his last trip was in ])art due to th(^ final modification. 



On the opposite side of the doorway is one of the sledges us(hI by 



Amundsen on his journey to the South Poh'. [A liistory 



„ of south i)olar expeditions is given in (hiide Leaflet 



^ ^^ No. 31.] 



In a room at the north end of this corridor is the large Mainka 



seismograph, for recording the occurrence of earthciuakes. This w^as 



given to the New York Academy of Sciences by Emerson McMillin, and 



bj' the Academy deposited in the Museum. 



SOUTHEAST WING 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods 



To the east of the elevators is the Hall of North American Forestry 

 containing the Jesup Collection of North American Woods, a nearly com- 

 plete collection of the native trees north of Mexico, pre- 

 c^^r^f f ^^i^ted to the Museum by Morris K. Jesup. On the right 

 North is a bronze tablet, by J. E. Eraser, the gift of J. J. Clancy, 



American depicting Mr. Jesup as he walked in his favorite w^ood 



at Lenox, Mass. 



To the left is a section of one of the Big Trees of California, sixteen 

 feet in diameter and 1341 years old. It began its growth in the year 

 550, so that it w^as nearly a thousand years old before America was even 

 discovered. The specimens show^ cross, longitudinal and oblique 

 sections of the w^ood finished and unfinished, and the labels on the 

 specimens give the distribution of the species, the characteristics of the 

 wood and its economic uses. The trees are grouped by families and the 

 location of each family will be found on the floor plan at the entrance 

 of the hall. The reproductions of the flow'ers, leaves and fruits in natural 

 size are instructive. This w^ork is done in the Museum laboratories. 

 Note the character of forests as shown by the transparencies. [For fuller 

 information in regard to this hall see Guide Leaflet No. 32.] 



