JOURNAL 107 



1st. As geological and mineralogical specimens are 

 liable to be much injured by dust, those contained in the 

 drawers are secured by means of four sheets of paper 

 fastened along the sides of each drawer and laid over the 

 specimens in succession. 



The method has several inconveniences. The 

 articles cannot be inspected without taking out the 

 drawer and laying it on a table. Then there are four 

 awkward flaps of paper appended to each draAver. It 

 would be much better to cover it with calico stretched 

 upon a frame exactly fitting. 



2nd. Each drawer in front has a small brass frame 

 for the general label, which slips into it. The drawers 

 in the Museum of the Edinburgh University are fur- 

 nished with similar appendages. 



Then we visited the Museum of the Zoological 

 Society in Bruton Street. The house is too small and 

 inconvenient, and the Society are meditating a removal. 



First room, small — square. Glazed cases, about 8 

 feet high, and 2^ deep. Movable shelves, supported by 

 small square bars. 



In this room is a fine collection of mammaUa, the 

 best stuffed that I have seen — extremely crowded. 

 Dugong, camelopard and skeleton ; oran outan, red, 

 adult, and young — several black ones, etc. Skulls, horns, 

 tortoises, snakes, etc., on the walls. Shells on a glazed 

 table, arranged on cards of oak covered with paper. 



Second room upstairs. Birds in very neat 

 mahogany glazed cases. Shells movable. 



