This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...display of the foreign countries. Let him proceed systematically and turn to the right hand directly he gets into the rotunda. On the right side of the alley-way is the exhibit of Spain and the Philippine Islands, occupying 3,684 square feet, filled with a characteristic display. Opposite this and on the same side is the exhibit of Chile, and crossing an intersecting aisle, on the right-hand side is found Cuba, her display characterized by magnificent tobaccos, in the leaf and manufactured. % Next to Cuba is British Guiana, its exhibit consisting largely of stuffed beasts, birds, serpents, etc. There are antbears, monkeys of many kinds, alligators, cranes, Surinam toads (the ugliest on earth), wild hogs, and other animals, and also a display of rubber and curious valuable woods. Opposite, Brazil has an entire block, and makes a magnificent display, chiefly of coffees and woods. Proceeding to the right one finds Haiti, showing cane, woods, etc. Opposite is Venezuela, with 1,512 square feet. Next to Haiti is Liberia, where are shown nuts of various kinds, small potterywares, war implements, palm-oil, and soaps, coffee, native jewelry, etc. Curacoa comes next, with 658 square feet, showing salt, fruits, jellies, sparge, coral, shells, Panama straw work, pottery, boats, models of native houses, nets, native furniture, leather, aloes, snuff, gums, musical instruments, petrified wood, native jewelry, women's work, woods, coffee, rice, salt, vanilla GALLERY I I.. FLOOR AGRICULTURAL BUILDING ins, the fine liqueur, made from the ive orange peel, called " curacoa," 1 all of the ordinary cereals. Peru in close proximity, occupying the ner, and has an area of 1,342 square t. On the opposite side of the le is Mexico, with the large space of S4 square feet, sho...