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which has so long been an object of general interest, 

 has been placed under a glass shade, so as effectually to 

 preserve it alike from dust and mutilation, and exhibit 

 the original situation of the two lids. Your Curator 

 of antiquities has been the more anxious in this 

 instance to unite, as far as possible, preservation with 

 effect, from a conviction that the Society have just 

 cause to feel proud in possessing a mummy which 

 has certainly not its superior in the kingdom, and 

 it is very questionable if there are any surpassing 

 it on the continent. In this room are deposited 

 several highly interesting series of specimens illus- 

 trative of our manufactures. These form quite a 

 new feature in provincial museums, but which 

 nevertheless must prove of great interest to the 

 visitor who has not had opportunities of observing 

 the various processes which substances undergo in 

 their transition from the rough material to the 

 finished fabric. 



Many parts of the classification, however, of the 

 Museum are not completed, there not having been 

 sufficient time since the workmen finished their 

 K labours, to carry into effect all the Curators con- 

 template. It is hoped, however, that those members 



