. An account of the Smithsonian Institution, its founder, building, operations, Smithsonian Institution. 20 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Another relic of the same material, and with a like style of ornament, accompanies the vase, and was found in the same neighborhood. It seems to have been de- signed as a pedestal for a small statue. There are also several vases, in which the bones and ashes of the dead were packed after the decomposition of the flesh or after burning. The largest and most elaborate monuments in Nicaragua exist in the little Island of Pensacola, near the base of the ext
. An account of the Smithsonian Institution, its founder, building, operations, Smithsonian Institution. 20 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Another relic of the same material, and with a like style of ornament, accompanies the vase, and was found in the same neighborhood. It seems to have been de- signed as a pedestal for a small statue. There are also several vases, in which the bones and ashes of the dead were packed after the decomposition of the flesh or after burning. The largest and most elaborate monuments in Nicaragua exist in the little Island of Pensacola, near the base of the extinct volcano of Momobacho. They weigh a number of tons each, and are distinguished as being wrought from blocks of sandstone—a material which is not found on the island. Two of the statues of the Smithsonian collection are from the Island of Zapatero, in Lake Nicaragua, where once existed one of the most imposing aboriginal temples of the country. Here, among the ruins of the teocalli, or high-places of the former inhabitants^, were found entire statues, besides the fragments of many others, several broken sacrificial stones, etc. It|e ^]. The Smithsonian Institution is now in possession of the best collection of the larger North American and European mammalia, both skins and skeletons, to be found in the United States. In birds it is only second to the collection of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences—the latter being without doubt the most extensive and perfect now extant. Of fish the Smithsonian has a greater number than is to be found in any cabinet, except that of Professor Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. Washington T. McGill
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