The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ance, Great Britain,. Japan, Australia, Brazil^ Mexico and inhabitants of two-thirds of the earths surface, as well asof the air, are here in almost endless profusion and variety,demonstrating in the most emphatic manner the scientific skillyenergy and devotion that have been necessary to bring togetherthese collections. The resources of art, of taxidermy; the naturalists skill andmodern methods ofrefrigeration, have beenfully drawn upon. Thewonders of aquatic life,in all their crlorlous bril- llancy of color and marvel- ^^^^^^u^M^^^
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ance, Great Britain,. Japan, Australia, Brazil^ Mexico and inhabitants of two-thirds of the earths surface, as well asof the air, are here in almost endless profusion and variety,demonstrating in the most emphatic manner the scientific skillyenergy and devotion that have been necessary to bring togetherthese collections. The resources of art, of taxidermy; the naturalists skill andmodern methods ofrefrigeration, have beenfully drawn upon. Thewonders of aquatic life,in all their crlorlous bril- llancy of color and marvel- ^^^^^^u^M^^^^^^^^W %.ous variation of form, arereproduced In paintings,colored lifelike casts ofplaster and gelatine, inmounted specimens, inalcohol, In translucentblocks of Ice and beneaththe elass fronts of refrlo^erators. The mind Is bewildered. Fishof all the earth, corals, sponges, algae ; mollusca of all kinds, includ-ing oysters, clams and many other forms of shells ; squids ot varioussorts and the great octopus—the devilfish of British Columbia—. SAPPHIRK GURNARD AND ARMED FISHERIES. ^^3 armed with sucking disks on its tentacles ; star fishes, sea urchins,holothurians, lobsters, crabs, cray fish, shrimps and other kinds ofCrustacea; reptiles, such as turtles, terrapins, frogs and alligators ;aquatic mammalia—whales, porpoises, seals, sea lions, white bears,otters and beavers—jostle and crowd each other at every baby cod or trout, newly hatched, stands in strong contrast tothe 82-pound salmon from the Columbia river (sent here by Ore-g-on in a solid block of ice), or the monster sharks or sword fish ofthe Adantic. •Pi -^m-
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