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placed between the windows, into compartments, in each of which 

 a table case will be placed. The third floor will be occupied by 

 laboratories for Palaeontology and Petrology, by private rooms for 

 lecturers and demonstrators, and by the Museum of Petrology. 



The two lower floors will be lighted by long windows reaching up 

 to the second floor-level ; the top floor will be lighted by smaller and 

 more numerous windows. 



The laboratories are placed on the second floor in order to secure 

 the best light. This has made it necessary to place two rows of pillars 

 in the lower floors for support ; in the main museum they will pass 

 through the middle of the upright cases, and will consequently be 

 quite inconspicuous. At the head of the first flight of stairs there 

 will be a statue of Professor Sedgwick. The eastern part of the site 

 assigned to the Museum is at present occupied by the medical school, 

 and as this cannot yet be accommodated elsewhere, it is proposed to 

 build first a part of the Museum on the ground which is free. 



Henry Woods. 



