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accomplishment of this task that Mr.. Ra-
venel now returns to Washington.

accomplishment of this task that Mr.. Ra-
venel now returns to Washington.
Relics of Fulton.
In speaking Of the American share in the
Bordeaux exposition, Mr.. Ravenel said:
The American exhibit is unique in that
we are able to show from the United States
models and relics of Fultons own expert
ments, the success of which is celebrated
by the Bordeaux exposition. In this con-
nection We have secured from Robert Full
ton Ludlow, grandson of the inventor, the
compass used by Pilot Acker on the Cler-
mont the first successful steamship; an
original note for 5000 given the Sth day of
January, 1912, by Robert Fulton; photo
graphs OF Fulton's original designs; paint
ings of the Clermont and of Fultons birth
place at Lancaster, Pa, and photographs
of Benjamin Vests painting of Fulton and
his statue in the United States Capitol.
These are particularly appropriate to the
occasion.
''The exhibit. however, does not relate
entirely to Fulton. The War Department.
the Treasury Department, Navy, Commerce
and Labor and Interior departments and
the Smithsonian Institution have all con-
tributed something peculiarly American
from one or more of their bureaus.
From the War Department are models
and photographs Of engineering dredges
used on the Mississippi river; but the
greater part Of the War Departments COL
lection relates to the Panama canal. The
commission has furnished large relief
map Of the canal zone and very many
panoramic and other views showing the
work of Americans not only in the actual
digging of the cut. but in the many sani-
tary and other improvements accomplis he'd
since the United States has had control
of the construction.
The Treasury Department" continued
Mr.. Ravenel, lis represented merely by
photographs of the work of the life-saving
service.
The Navy Department has furnished us
models of the Pennsylvania, the Chat
tanooga and the Monterey, and also a num-
ber Of photographs.
Under the Department Of Commerce and
Labor there Is much scientific work that Is
more extensively developed in the United
states than in any other nation. l mean
the work OF the bureau of fisheries and the
coast and geodetic survey. From both of
these bureaus there are comparatively large
exhibits. Models of the exploring shin AL
batross, which has resurrected so many
strange forms from the deep holes of the
oceans; of fish-hatching and TRANSPORTING
apparatus. and many photographs of work
at Worthwhile. Leadvile and Gloucester are
shown by the bureau of fisheries. The
coast survey is exhibiting a model of the
Blake, one of the surveys ships; official
maps of several North American bays and
charts of the largest American harbors.
A set OF publications showing what has
been accomplished rounds off the exhibit.
Reservoirs and Canals.
For the Interior Department. the recla-
nation service shows the results of another
original branch of American ENTERPRISE.
The collection is almost entirely a photo-
graphic one, illustrating the methods of
leading down the waters at the Truckee-
Carson, Salt river, Colorado river and other
projects. The great reservoirs and canals.
by the construction of which are reclaimed