. The oist . y collection was reachedbidders appeared to have overcomethe reluctance to bid, which made theearlier stages of the sale so tedious,but with regard to prices they remain-ed unrepentant. Only ten shillingswa soffered for a valuable stuffed go-rilla, while a fine specimen of the blue-faced monkey changed hands for A whole case of tropical birdsof brilliant plumage went for £8 8s. As 2 oclock, the time announced forthe sale of the Great Auks Egg, ap-proached, the room rapidly filled, butit was half-past the hour before themost remarkable feature of the salewas reached. The l
. The oist . y collection was reachedbidders appeared to have overcomethe reluctance to bid, which made theearlier stages of the sale so tedious,but with regard to prices they remain-ed unrepentant. Only ten shillingswa soffered for a valuable stuffed go-rilla, while a fine specimen of the blue-faced monkey changed hands for A whole case of tropical birdsof brilliant plumage went for £8 8s. As 2 oclock, the time announced forthe sale of the Great Auks Egg, ap-proached, the room rapidly filled, butit was half-past the hour before themost remarkable feature of the salewas reached. The late Mr. Middle-brook made a quiet corner in aukseggs during his lifetime, and from anaverage of about £75 the price ofthis, his finest specimen, had risen tothe record sum of £315 ($),when he purchased it by auction in1899. Yesterday, as was expected,there was a conisderable slump invalue, the last bid being £110 ($). An egg of the -^Epyornis sold for£30 ($). T. REED, London, OUR NATIONAL FLAG. The official flag of the United Statesbears forty-five stars (one for eachstate) in a blue field, arranged in sixrows—the first, third and fifth rows-having eight stars each, the alternateeven rows having seven stars garrison flag of the army is madeof bunting, thirty-six feet fly and twen-ty feet hoist; thirteen stripes, and iathe upper quarter, next the staff, is;the field or union of stars, equal tothe number of states, on blue field,over one-third length of the flag, ex-tending to the lower edge of the fourth,red stripe from the top. The stormflag is twenty feet by ten feet, and therecruiting flag nine feet nine inchesby four feet four inches. The Ameri-can Jack is the union or blue field ofthe flag. The Revenue Marine Ser-vice flag, authorized by Act of Con-gress, March 2, 1799, was originallyprescribed to consist of sixteen per-pendicular stripes, alternate red andwhite, the union of the ensign bearing^the arms of the United States in d
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