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The gallery of anatomy is perhaps even more crowded than that of 

 the Museum of the College of Surgeons in London (Fig. 25), and, 

 like that, rather confuses by its abundance. I have no good views, 

 but Figs. 87-88 will give some idea of the arrangement and riches. 

 The first is the upper hall, the second the ground floor. In the 

 palaeontology gallery (which could only be visited on Tuesdays 

 from 1 to 4 p.m.) is a cast of the Diplodocus given by Mr. Carnegie. 

 The gallery containing birds is also very full of choice specimens 

 not always well mounted. This has led a cynic to remark that 



89. THE TROCADEKO, FROM THE EIEEL TOWER. 



the prettiest specimens in the gallery are seen on the hats of the 

 lady visitors. The Serves offered little of interest after those of 

 Frankfurt, and the botanical garden, owing perhaps to the season, 

 was no longer attractive. 



We had paid no great attention to the open days of museums, 

 partly because the guide-books are not always reliable, unless of 

 very recent date, but mainly because we knew that the directors 

 were always ready to accommodate us in our rather hurried arrange- 

 ments ; but in France we could not always find the directors, and 

 all I had met on my former visit were dead or had removed, so 

 that our visit to France was far from satisfactory. 



In the Trocadero we did get in after waiting very profitably 

 and pleasantly in the architectural gallery an hour or two (both 

 are not open at the same time, perhaps for economy of janitor 



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