Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-11

principally OF unnaturaliZed French
Canadians.
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
From the SENrISEL's Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 2, 1875.
EDITORS SENTI>EL: Next to ia
maica comes the colony of Bermuda.
Bermuda has a great number Of beau
tifhl and curious sea animals, shells
and plants, and among the specimens
of sea coral is a very large rounded
piece, a couple of feet in diameter, of
the variety called dipIora c~erebreformis,
which. in English, is generally know
as " trainstone." 1t gets its name from
the fact that the figures. pr lines, upon
it resemble the conyolutions of the
brain. and the form OF the whole mass
lat least in this and another small spec
linen here) bears a resemblance to that
Of the human skull. Among the nu-
nervous specimens of wood which are
here, is a piece of very old cedar, a
part of a tree brought up by the an
Choir of a vessel from six fathoms Of
water, in Hamilton harbor, in Decem-
her. 1874. From the long roots at
tached to it, and the absence of tide or
current, it is conjectured that it grew
very near thespot where it was found,
on ground which has since disappeared.
Coffee and some roots are about the
only agricultural products that are ex-
hibited. or agricultural machinery
there are a couple of root %extractors,
used for Kidding the grou nd OF wild
sage and wild mimosa.
In mechanical arts the laces, articles
carved of Bermuda cedar, and the hats,
fans and boxes made of palm, or some
thing similar. are well executed and
very pretty. There are photographs,
also. of Bermuda scenery.
Bermuda is important principally as
a naval station OF Great Britain, and
there is exhibited here a model of an
immense floating do.k, which Wa
made in Englan1 in 1866 80, for use in
repairing Her Majesty's ships at Der
muda. and which made the voyage
fom England to Bermuda Un it's COM
| p~letion, u remarkable thing for such an
unwieldy mass OF iron to do. Beside
this model li.s a volume containing a
narration of that voyage by one who
was on board.
The Bahamas have some very beau
tiful collections of shells, and the
| Misses Atwood, of Nassau, N. p, ex.
hibit perfectly exquisite shell and scale
work-leaves, flowers, WI, aths. spray,
etc., all of small shells. There is one
floral arch OF which the price is SI40 in
gold. Tortoise shells and tortoise
shell jewelry, sponges, wax, wood,
cotton, tobacco, and a few other agri-
| cultural products, preserves. n lime
building stone, complete the Bahamas
display.
the display of Trinidad consists prin-
| cipally of fibrOus plants, and articles
manufactured from them, coal, bitters
and tropical fruits.
That of British Guiana il mainly
sugar, rum, oil, fibrous plants, roots.
etc., with a few bottled snakes by way
of variety.
That from the Gold Coast is nearly
all native garments and implements.
These are very interesting, but as there
are so many we a not attempt to de-
scribe any OF them.
The Cape of Coed Hope has az in
| closure and over the main entrance are
arranged two large elephants tusks,
weighing respectively seventy and
seventy four pounds, and above these
| are arrows and other native weapons,
a stag's horns, ostrich eggs, and a
stuffed bird. On each side hangs a
large lions skin. Within are speci-
mems OF the minerals, plants and ami
mails of the country. Copper is the
most prominent of the mineral, and of
the vegetable products tobacco and
liQu0r, though cotton and wheel are
important. Wool also is a staple.
| Arthur Douglass, the inventor and
~patentee, exhibits q model OF the i" Lee
viathan " ostrich incubator. The ma
chine holds lis ostrich eggs, and by
mesus of it ostrich farming has been
made a success. Accompanying 1t are
a couple of ostriches Matched by ma
| chinery, one two DAYS old and the 9TH
err two weeks old. The one two days
old is nearly as large rs q full grown
hen of the chicken tribe. A number of
| necklaces and ftncy articles made of
| melon seeds are very ingenious and
pretty. A model of Table Bay and
| several views of Cape Town give a very
good idea Of the appearance of things
there. A number Of books printed at
mission stations are very creditable
both in Typography and binding.
Ceylon IL represented principally by
coffee, ropes, sugar aud p.umhago.
There il an elephant carved by a
Siughalese out of a piece OF plumba-
90 from . Ceylon mine, and this ele-