368 PAEIS UNIVBKSAL 
Y. Products, wrought and unwrought, of extractive industries (mining 
industry, forests, &c.) 
VI. Instruments and processes used in the common arts. 
YII. Food, fresh or preserved, in various stages of preparation. 
YIII. Animals and spec’mens of agricultural establishments. 
IX. Live products and specimens of horticultural establishments. 
X. Objects exhibited with a special view to the amelioration of the 
moral and physical condition of the population. 
The first seven of these groups were fully represented in the 
Palace. Grroups VIII and IX were stationed in the Park and 
on the island of Billancourt (six miles down the Seine); and the 
objects embraced in Group X were partly included in the 
Palace and partly in the Park. Starting from the centre, then, 
and proceeding outward, there was, first, an inner open portico 6 
yards wide and 6 yards high; then a concentric enclosed court for 
the display of articles illustrative of the history of labor, 6 yards 
wide and 9 1-5 yards high; then an enclosed concentric ,!65 yards 
wide and 12 J yards high, for works of art; then a court open 
on the outer side, 6 J- yards wide and 9 1-5 yards high for 
Group II; then an avenue 5J yards wide; next, an open 
court, 27 yards wide and 9 1-5 yards high for Group III; then 
another avenue of the same width as the previous one; then 
another open court, 27 yards in diameter, for Group lY; then 
another avenue ; then another court of like diameter (in some 
departments divided longitudinally by a wall) for Group Y; 
then a brick wall, with many openings and rising to the height 
of 27 yards; next the grand nave, 38 yards across and 81 feet 
high, for Group YI; then the great outer wall of the palace, 
with high arches opening into broad alcoves, occupied by 
Group YII; then the great tier of restaurants, two stories high, 
and with crystal fronts; and last of all, the grand covered 
promenade, more than a mile in length (roof supported by or¬ 
namental brackets, and floor of asphaltum), underneath which 
thousands of visitors were perpetually making the circuit of 
the Palace, while thousands more, at the little tables there set, 
quaffed their refreshing draughts of water, ale, or wine, while 
gazing in dreamy wonder on the marvelous creations in the pic¬ 
turesque gardens without. 
The grand annular nave presented some remarkable fea¬ 
tures, and is worthy ol further description. One hundred and 
