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there is an admission fee of six pence; it is closed -on Mondays. The 

 numlier of visitors yearl}^ is about 20,000. A most excellent hand- 

 book is the catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scot- 

 land, 18!»2 (1 shilling), 380 pages, 752 illustrations. An annual report 

 is pu))lishcd in the Proceedings of the Socict}' of Antiquities of 

 Scotland. The museum has not sufficient means at its disposal. 



Fig. 97. — National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh, Seotland. 



31. VARIOUS OTHER MUSEUMS. 



I mention, in addition, the National Gallery, with a considerable col- 

 lection of paintings, poorl}^ lighted from above; the Ro^-al Institution, 

 with a collection of casts; the City Museum; the Fine Art Museum, in 

 the university; and the Museum of the Ro3^al College of Surgeons. 

 These establishments, excepting the first named, I omitted to visit, for 

 I was told that they were not important and, moreover, other sights 

 of interest in Edinburgh completely occupied my time. I beg to 

 mention in closing, however, the magnificent Botanical Garden, with 

 its spliMidid conservatories, containing, among other things, a col- 

 lection of pitcher-plants (Nepenthaceaj), of surprising beauty and 

 abundance. 



The administration of the Edinburgh museums will undoubtedly 

 receive a great impulse from the gift of Andrew Carnegie (born in 

 Scotland in 1837 and emigrated in 1848, with his family, to America), 

 who donated 110,000,000 to the Scotch universities (as a first install- 

 ment) for the ''advancement of education,'" a portion of which dona- 



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