Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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copper  coins,  have  been  added  to  this  section  by  gift  of  Mr.  Ryerson. 
Among  other  additions  to  Higinbotham  Hall  may  be  specially  men- 
tioned antique  snuff-boxes,  a  series  of  crystallized  gold  specimens, 
'and  gold  jewelry  from  Egypt,  while  a  large  collection  of  gold  orna- 
ments from  the  United  States  of  Colombia  and  silver  ornaments  from 
Bulgaria  have  been  transferred  from  the  Department  of  Anthropology. 
Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick  presented  to  the  Agricultural  Implement 
section  a  set  of  Arabian  plows  and  yoke  plows,  and  seed-sowers  from 
Palestine.  In  the  section  of  Leathers  a  complete  collection,  illus- 
trating the  art  of  tanning,  has  been  obtained  of  Tiffany  &  Company. 
In  the  division  of  Transportation  may  be  noted,  among  the  principal 
contributions,  a  large  ancient  cedar  boat  discovered  in  Egypt  and 
presented  to  the  Museum  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  McCormick.  A  number  of 
minor  relics  have  been  deposited  in  the  Museum  by  Chicago  gentle- 
men. 
A  detailed  list  of  accessions  and  acknowledgments  is  pre- 
sented elsewhere. 
Exchanges. — One  of  the  most  profitable  and  satisfactory  means 
of  obtaining  new  material  is  by  exchange.  A  large  amount  of  dupli- 
cate material  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Museum,  especially  in  Eco- 
nomic Geology,  Botany,  and  in  several  divisions  of  Anthropology  and 
Zoology.  Very  gratifying  arrangements  have  already  been  made 
with  contemporaneous  institutions  by  the  Curators  of  Economic 
Geology  and  of  Botany,  and  anumberof  desirable  exchanges  effected. 
During  the  year,  all  the  duplicate  material  has  been  listed  by  Depart- 
ments. This  list  will  be  published  and  sent  to  all  institutions  and 
individuals,  collectors,  etc.,  soliciting  correspondence  on  the  subject 
of  the  exchange  of  duplicates.  The  lists  will  probably  be  issued  in 
December. 
Expeditions  and  Field  Work. — The  most  important  expedition  this 
year  has  been  the  commission  to  Africa,  of  D.  G.  Elliot,  Cura- 
tor of  the  Department  of  Zoology,  except  Ornithology.  He 
was  accompanied  by  C.  E.  Akeley,  Chief  Taxidermist  of  the 
Museum,  and  by  Mr.  Dodson  of  London  who  was  with  the  Lake 
Rudolph  expedition  of  Donaldson  Smith.  The  departure  from 
London  was  made  March  27th,  Aden  was  reached  April  14th,  and 
Berbera  April  21st.  At  this  latter  point  the  caravan  was  organized, 
consisting  of  about  60  native  guides,  hunters  and  porters,  with 
seventy-five  camels  and  ponies.  Start  was  made  from  Berbera  April 
30th,  and  at  the  time  of  the  last  written  report,  August  9th,  the  party 
was  at  Higlileh,  Ogaden,  proceeding  toward  Tug  Turfa  and  toward 
Eur  River,  Long.  42.12  and  Lat.  7.50.     This  is  in  the  Galla  country. 
