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Skeleton of the Mastodon, in Peale's Museum. 



Other handsome public walks are Washington 

 Square, Franklin Square, &c. The Arcade, 

 extending from Chestnut Street to Carpenter 

 Street, has two handsome fronts of marble. 

 Peale's Museum contains most of the birds from 

 which Wilson drew the figures which illustrate his 

 admirable work on Ornithology, and also the most 

 perfect skeleton of the mastodon which has yet 

 been found in this country. In the same building 

 is the curious and interesting collection, called the 

 Chinese Museum, consisting wholly of Chinese 

 utensils, furniture, works of art, costumes, &c. 

 The Pennsylvania Hospital is one of the oldest 

 and most respectable institutions in the 

 \4^_ country ; it comprises two buildings, 

 ^^^S one of 278 feet in length ; the num- 

 [| ber of patients is usually about 200. 



West's painting of Christ Healing the 

 l| Sick, presented by the artist to the hos- 

 pital, is shown in a building attached to 

 the establishment. The institution for 

 the blind, and that for the dumb, Will's 

 hospital for the lame and blind, several 

 orphans' and widows' as_ylums, &c., are 

 among the charitable institutions for 

 which Philadelphia is famed. The Phil- 

 adelphia Library was established by the 

 exertions of Dr. Franklin, and now con- 

 tains 44,000 volumes ; the building is 

 ornamented with a marble statue of the 

 founder. The American Philosophical 

 Society have a library of 10,000 vol- 

 umes, and the Hospital 5,000. The 

 Pennsylvania University occupies an 

 edifice originally designed for the resi- 

 dence of the President of the United 

 States. The Pennsylvania Academy 

 of Fine Arts has a good collection of 

 paintings, some pieces of statuary, and 

 a library. The building which they oc- 

 cupy contains a circular saloon, lighted 

 from a dome at the top, and several gal- 

 leries. An exhibition of paintings is 

 held here annually. The Academy of 

 Natural Sciences have a fine museum 

 and an excellent library of 6.000 vol- 

 umes. A scientific journal is published 

 under their direction, 

 manufactories of cotton, iron, glass, &c., 

 besides the great variety of articles made in small establishments. In point of commerce, 

 Philadelphia is the fourth city in the Union. The foreign commerce is considerable ; the 

 annual value of the direct imports from foreign parts being about 12,000,000 dollars, of exports 

 3,600,000 ; but the inland and coasting trade is much more extensive, and is rapidly increasing. 

 The shipping amounts to 100,000 tons. Bookselling is a flourishing branch of trade in Phila- 

 delphia, and the republication of English works is carried on largely. There are 71 periodicals, 

 newspapers, and monthly and quarterly magazines, &c. Of the newspapers, 8 are daily, and 

 one of the weekly journals is in German. The city contains 100 churches, chapels, and other 



.Academy of J^atural Sciences. 



Fairmovnt Water-Works. 



The city and suburbs have numerous large 



