REPORT: OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 23 
Commission, assisted by Secretary Bryant, and the Museum 
Commission. 
At the right of the Oyster Exhibit was the cabinet of sliced 
woods containing over two hundred and fifty specimens so 
arranged between glass, in sliding frames, that each could be 
easily seen and studied. This method of exhibiting woods 
was designed by the Curator of the New Jersey Museum, and 
was conceded to be the best ever invented for that purpose. 
It was used first at the St. Louis Exposition. 
The balance of the space was occupied by the Insect Ex¬ 
hibit, a full description of which will be found in another part 
of this report. 
THE SALT WATER POOL. 
In the center of the Fish, Game and Forestry Building, 
there was a large tank 40 feet long in diameter and 7 feet deep, 
made of cement, and filled with salt water brought from the 
Atlantic Ocean, in big tank cars by the United States Gov¬ 
ernment, for the New Jersey Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Commission. The water was kept clear and aerated by a 
pump and filter. There was a nice iron rail around the top 
of the pool for protection. The fish were contributed to the 
State by John L. Young, and caught from his Ocean Pier in 
Atlantic City. They were shipped in fish cars, loaned to the 
Commission, by the United States Government. The rail¬ 
roads freighted them free to St. Louis. This Exhibit was a 
great attraction, most of the visitors having never seen salt 
water fish. At first there was some trouble to keep the fish 
alive, but later they lived, and the Exhibit was a success. 
Credit is due to Colonel L. T. Bryant for the success of this 
Exhibit. He had to overcome many difficulties. 
EXTRACTS ABOUT THE FISH, GAME AND INSECT 
EXHIBIT FROM THE WORLD’S WORK IN 
AUGUST NUMBER. 
Speaking of the Forestry, Fish and Game Exhibits: 
H. H. Kopman says “By examination of the exhibits of Louisiana, North 
Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey and New York, especially because of their 
arrangement, one get very fair ideas of the comparative status of wild life 
—especially bird life.” 
