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vades the place. This colour may not show dust readily, but it 
never looks bright and cheerful, a matter of fundamental importance 
in a public museum. Along the left wall are 12 desk cases, con¬ 
taining an exceedingly well-arranged and comprehensive Geological 
collection—Rocks, Minerals, Palaeontology. There is also a good 
series of meteorites, some of which have been cut and polished. 
Round the first gallery are arranged the systematic reference 
collections, and the Director’s, Curators’, and Assistants’ rooms, while 
on the gallery rail are the shells and insects, arranged in desk cases. 
The general bird collection is here also, in upright cases. 
The third floor contains the Index Invertebrates, Fishes, Reptiles, 
and Amphibians, as well as the home collection of birds, insects, 
and molluscs. 
A third gallery is devoted to ethnography. 
So much for the general arrangements. The lighting is very 
good, and the display is good. Large areas are set apart for work, 
and for the storage of duplicate material. 
A number of microscopes are placed near the windows on the third 
floor. These are fitted with large discs, or rotating stages, on which 
are fixed a series of microscope slides. The visitor has only to turn 
the disc, when a fine spring clips it as each slide comes into position. 
On a table alongside are drawings and descriptions of each object. 
Another good thing I saw was a number of large jars, each like a 
small aquarium. In these were shown the life histories of various 
aquatic insects with the actual stone, weed, etc., which form their 
natural surroundings. The jars being charged with spirit or formalin 
gave a most life-like effect. 
Hamburg Museum cost 1,300,000 Mk. = ^65,000. 
Fittings, _ „ 35°, 0 °o „ =^17,500. 
Staff, heating, lighting, 
etc., for 1900, 113,000 „ =^5650. 
It is a state museum. On week days (except Monday) the 
Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; on Sundays, from 10 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. 
We next made our way to the Botanic Gardens and afterwards to 
the Zoological Gardens and Aquarium. The animal dens are 
beautifully arranged, and fulfil the natural conditions of the animals 
as far as space permits. The Aquarium is in a sunk area within the 
Zoological grounds. Light is admitted mostly through the top of the 
tanks, so that the visitor is in partial darkness. They have a number 
of Turtles, Giant Salamanders from Japan, Axolotls, Olms, etc., and 
a great many kinds of fish, both salt and freshwater forms. Of 
Invertebrates there are quite a host of different sorts, Tunicates, 
Octopuses and other molluscs; Crustacea of many kinds, including 
Limulus, the King Crab, from the Pacific. A wonderful sight was a 
tank containing marine worms. Another contained Echinoderms, 
and a third sponges. 
What caused me the greatest surprise in Hamburg was a visit to 
the animal dealers. Of these there are a number, but I saw only two. 
Setting off to the north-west of the city, to the address of Umlauff 
