The "Highway through the Nations" constituted an attractive, novel, and instructive addition to the Exposition. For, besides enlightening ourselves in regard to the styles of structures--inhabited by the diverse nations on the earth,--forming a fine array of villages, castles, towers, pavilions, pagodas, mosques, and other displays of oriental and occidental architecture, we viewed the natives of the various countries. There were representatives of nearly all the races and tribes, constituting the human population on our planet which is estimated to amount to 1,500,000,000 men. We had a chance to study their features, manners, and customs; their way of dressing, as well as their language and special occupations. Such opportunities are only otherwise given to travelers around the globe. The rays of the descending sun--casting rosy reflections on the beautiful panorama and the mammoth _Ferris Wheel_, with its gigantic form overtowering the structures of the Midway Plaisance--gave us the signal for abandoning this charming realm. Thus, directing our steps toward the Exposition Grounds, we arrived at the northwestern portion of Jackson Park where we ascended the entrance to a station of the _Columbian Intramural Railway_, the first and only electric elevated railroad, operated by the Third Rail Trolley System.--Conveyed by the driving power of electricity, we had a delightful ride affording a fine view upon the northern part of the grounds. Scores of graceful structures constituting a veritable town of palaces, embodied the best conceptions of America's greatest architectural display. A picturesque group of buildings erected by the States and Territories of the American Union, rose in a semicircle around the _Fine Arts Galleries_, a palace costing half a million. Grecian-ionic in style, this edifice represented a pure type of the most refined classic architecture. In the western portion of this group--facing the North Pond--stood the _Illinois Building_, adorned by a dome in the center, and a great porch looking southward. Surrounded by lawns, walks, beds of flowers, and shrubs, the charming structures of Foreign Nations were ranged on wide, curved avenues-- affording an interesting aspect. Just south of the _Foreign_ and _State Buildings_ we observed a considerable expanse of the lagoon, with inlet to the lake, encompassing three islands. On the largest one stood--contrasting agreeably in appearance with the other edifices--the _U.S. Fisheries Building_, Spanish-Romanesque in style and flanked at each end by a curved arcade connecting it with two polygonal pavilions. Leaving the Intramural Train at the North Loop, we arrived at the Government Building; thus having completed our round-trip on the Fair Grounds and Midway Plaisance. When we returned to our floating home, we had the satisfaction of having obtained the best possible results of our first visit by properly utilizing every minute.