DRAMATIC TAXIDERMY. 
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“ The walls of the room were filled with the 
usual glass-doored cases of shelves, and, to our 
great surprise, there were curiosities from all 
parts of the world. Japanese, .Chinese, Alaskan, 
Indian — the collection was wonderfully varied. 
Mrs. Maxwell has the insatiable passion of a born 
collector, and, having visited San Francisco, has 
had opportunities of gratifying it to a degree one 
would not have believed possible. The collec- 
tion of minerals and ores of the territory is a very 
full and interesting one. There are also fine col- 
lections of shells from various countries. These 
and the other foreign curiosities she has obtained 
by exchange and by purchase. 
“ The distinctive feature of the museum, how- 
ever, is a dramatic group of animals placed at the 
further end of the room. Here are arranged 
mounds of earth, rocks, and pine trees, in a by 
no means bad imitation of a wild, rocky landscape. 
And among these rocks and trees are grouped 
the stuffed animals, in their families, in pairs, or 
singly, and every one in a most lifelike and sig- 
nificant attitude. A doe is licking two exquisite 
little fawns, while the stag looks on with a proud 
expression. A bear is crawling out of the mouth 
of a cave. A fox is slyly prowling along, ready 
to spring on a rabbit. A mountain lion is spring- 
ing literally through the branches of a tree on 
a deer, who is running for life, with eyes blood- 
