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logue No. 21. The Central Nave of Trimul Naick's Choultry look- 

 ing east, No. 26 and 27, are also examples of this process, being in- 

 terior views in the Great Pagoda of Madura. The only other 

 views of interiors in this collection are Nos. 22, 23, 24, 28 and 30 

 of the Catalogue. These are marked as taken by the wax-paper 

 process, and bear comparison with the dry Collodion pictures of 

 Interiors, but the superiority of definition given by Collodion is 

 very visible when placed side by side with them. Nos. 1, 6, 35, 49 

 and 50 are good examples of Photographs of Trees especially the 

 two former, No. 35 is an admirable picture giving an excellent like- 

 ness of an Umbrella Tree at Trivium. This tree forms an excep- 

 tion to the generality of trees in a photographic point of view, in- 

 asmuch as it is so rigid and consequently a good subject for pho- 

 tography which cannot be said of most trees which are so readily 

 blown about by the wind, rendering it extremely difficult to obtain 

 any thing like a good portrait of them, except in the most perfect 

 calm, a rare atmospherical condition even in this latitude. Another 

 interesting natural object in the Collection is No. 16, the Elephant 

 Rock, near Madura, and is certainly one of the best photographs in 

 the Exhibition. The configuration of this rock, named from its 

 resemblance in shape to an Elephant, is admirably delineated, and 

 forms a very striking object to the eye. The most remarkable in 

 the way of architectural subjects are the view of the great Pagoda 

 of Tanjore, and of the Palace in the Tanjore Fort. These are all 

 excellent pictures, being clear and sharp in the minutest details, 

 and in short giving such an idea of the original as photography 

 alone can give. The value of this art is undoubtedly here well 

 illustrated, as views of the most elaborate carving are so accu- 

 rately copied at once, in a comparatively short operation and which 

 could in no other way be obtained even with the labor of weeks, 

 months, or even years in some cases. Before leaving the consi- 

 deration of this excellent collection, we must not omit to notice the 

 view of Trichinopoly Rock. It is taken from the west, looking 

 through a gap in the Fort wall, and is an accurate representation 

 of this far-famed object. 



Mr. A. Williamson of Calcutta exhibits 26 pictures, 18 being 

 views in the neighbourhood of the City of Palaces, and interesting 

 groups of native figures, the remainder being single portraits. The 



