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

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CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
[From the SENrISEL's Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 2, 1876.
EDITORS SENTINEL: Next to ia
maica comes the colony of Bermuda.
Bermuda has a great number of beau
tiful and curious sea animals, shells
and plants, and among the specimens
Of sea coral is q very large rounded
piece, a couple of feet in diameter, of
the variety called diplora cerebreformis,
which. in English, is generally know
as "trainstone." 1t gets its name from
the fact that the figures, or 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 III
merous 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 solne roots are about the
only agricultural products that are ex-
hibited. OF agricultural machinery
there are a couple Of root extractors,
used for Kidding the ground of wild
sage and wild mimosa.
In mechanical arts the laces, articles
carved of Bermuda cedar, and the hats,
fans andboxes made of palm, or ome
thing similar. are we'll 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 dock, which was
made in Englan1 in 1866 SO, for use i'll
repairing Her Majesty's ships at Der
muda. and which made the voyage
ftom England to Bermuda un its COM
plerion, a remarkable thing for such an
unwieldy mass OF iron to do. Beside
this model lies 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, TX.
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 $40 il
gold. Tortoise shells and tortoise
shell jewelry, sponges, wax, wood,
cotton, tobacco, and a few other agri-
cultural products, preserves. and lime
building stone, complete the Bahamas
display.
The display of Trinidad consists prin-
cipally of tihrous plants, and articles
manufactured from them, coal, bitters
and tropical fruits.
That of British Guiana is 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 can not attemp pit to de-
scribe any of them.
The Cape of Good Hope has an 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
liquor, though cotton and wheel are
important. Wool also is a staple.
Arthur Douglass, the inventor and
patentee, exhibits a model of the Lee
viathan " ostrich incubator. The ma
chine holds lis ostrich eggs, and by
mesns of it ostrich farming has been
made a success. Accompanying it are
IA couple OF ostriches Matched Ivy ma
chinery. n w days old and the 9TH
er two weeks old. The one two days
old is nearly as large as a full grown
hen of the chicken tribe. Anulnber of
necklaces and f,ncy 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 is represented principally by
coffee, ropes, sugar and p~.umbagO.
There is an elephant carved by a
Siughalese nut of a piece of plumba-
! 60 from . Ceylon mine, and this ele-