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of ethnological objects from the Zuni/Moki pueblos, secured by Col. James Stevenson & the Bureau of Ethnology. A collection of rare & valuable specimens from the Congo region, brought by Lt. E. H. Saint, U. S. N.; many precious objects from China & Japan, the gift of Dr. D. Bethune McCarter; & an exceedingly valuable series From the Dept. of Education in Japan illustrating the common industries of that country.

The last-named series especially, illustrates a method of collecting which the Curator thinks should supersede as far as possible that which has formerly prevailed. Of course, in a museum whose purpose is to find a place for every thing which has a name, nothing can be declined. But