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1900
Feb. 21
to Mar. 10
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fresh water is constantly flowing into the tanks.
The fish seem floating in air. They are
mainly salmon & trout of various sizes and ages.
Two trout from Newfound Lake, N.H. from
the New Hampshire Fish Commission are
exactly two and one half feet long. I measured
them as they lay close along side of the glass
front. They are magnificent fish.

I have wandered among the various
camps, erected by hunters, and guides, illus-
trative of wood life, and examined the many
taxidermists' supplies all of which are
most attractive and instructive. There
are mounted animals of all kinds, skins
made into rugs, antlers, buffalos' heads
Indians tents, with the Indians at work.
One Indian at intervals blows the moose
call on a birch bark horn.

In the large room where the exhibitions
occur there is a huge water tank for aquatic
sports, and a floor for basket ball.

The only event of interest that I have seen
there was a representation of spearing salmon
by two Indians in a canoe, one paddling, the
other handling the spear. A light of burning
bark on a pole was in the bow. It was a
beautiful sight to see the Indian deftly
spring from to side to side after an
imaginary fish and finally plunge the spear, down
and capture him. I expected to see him
really land a fish into the boat —