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NATURAL SCIENCE. 



July, 



lighted work-rooms ought to be within easy access, if possible under 

 the same roof ; one work-room, at least, should be for the use of 

 pupils, and one should be for the private use of the Curator. The 

 care of the Museum is most satisfactorily carried on by an official 

 whose main work should be the arrangement, setting up, and labelling 

 of specimens, while actual class teaching ought not to occupy any 

 great portion of his time. Where this is impossible and one of the 



West Wall. 



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Fig. 3. — Ground-plan of Natural History Museum, Charterhouse School. 



A. — Wall-case for Mammals. 



B.B.B.B.— Side shelves for Birds. 



C.C . — Central stands for ditto. 



D. — Large entomological cabinet, surmounted 



by table case and double glass shelf. 

 D.D.D. — Small entomological cabinets. 

 E.E.— Show cases of types of Animal Kingdom. 

 F.F. — Table cases with Fossils. 



G. — Wall case for Geological Model of Neigh- 

 bourhood, etc. 



H.— Botanical cabinet, surmounted by table 

 case and double glass shelf, the two latter 

 contain Mineralogical Collections. 



P. — Stacks of hot-water pipes — tops are used for 

 large fossils, etc. 



* — point of view of photograph. 



ordinary Masters of School becomes Curator, even though he be 

 assisted by colleagues in various sections, it is most essential that there 

 should be a thoroughly competent skilled assistant, capable of setting 

 up specimens, making dissections, and conducting the general 

 preparatory work. This particularly applies to the first few years 

 after the opening of the Museum, for when once the permanent 

 preparations are in position, the work of keeping all in good order is 

 comparatively slight. 



Turning now to the Museum at Charterhouse, the general features 

 of the building can be seen from the accompanying figures. The 



