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WEST END, WEST COURT. 
LEATHERS. 
In the six large cases at the west end of the West Court will 
be found a valuable collection of tanned and untanned skins and 
leathers collected by Tiffany & Co., of New York. 
This firm began to make this collection in 1876 to acquaint 
themselves with the industrial possibilities of using the skins 
of fishes, reptiles, birds and rare mammals. It was the forming 
of this collection that has led to the introduction of the leathers 
made from the frog, alligator, snake and other reptiles. 
ALCOVE 101 . 
FISHERIES APPLIANCES. 
On the wall may be found nets, seines and floats from Nor- 
way. A primitive anchor from Norway. A seine over one-quar- 
ter of a mile long, made in Russia; buoys, fish traps, etc., from 
other countries. 
ALCOVE 102. 
WHALING AND ARATIC RELICS. 
A collection of implements used in whaling; guns, harpoons 
and bomb lances of the various kinds, illustrating the progress of 
the whaling industry. Arctic clothing made for members of the 
Greely Relief Expedition, including reindeer and felt sleeping 
bags, polar bear skins and felt suits and harness used by men 
when drawing sledges will be found in the two upright cases at 
extreme west end of the West Court. 
ALCOVE 106. 
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. 
The material in this collection was contributed by Mr. Cyrus 
H. McCormick. 
Models illustrating the development of mowing and reaping 
machines. 
Arabian plows. 
Chinese plows, harrows and other agricultural implements. 
Sections of a South American windmill. 
