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of Napoleon's house fit Longwood; a map of Switzerland, with strate- 

 gic annotations; a volume of the Imperial Almanac for the year 180T, 

 and a certain number of medals relating to Napoleon I. 



II. FOREIGN ANTIQUITIES. 



A. Egypt. — Thanks to the generosity of our compatriots, the mu- 

 seum of Lausanne possesses some specimens of Egyptian antiquities. 

 Those articles, it is true, are far from numerous, still they suffice to 

 give some idea of that kind of art, and it is to be hoped that, in the 

 cours.e of time, we shall have, if not an Egyptian museum, at least 

 articles sufiSciently numerous to give a better idea of the age of the 

 Pharaohs. 



Two mummies, well preserved, occupy a separate case. The 

 Egyptian skeleton has been completely set up, but for the present it 

 has been left in the glass-fronted case of the botanic hall, where also 

 is a handsome wooden sarcophagus in which the bones composing 

 this skeleton were found. We have, also, two mummies of children, 

 a small crocodile, some statuettes and amulets in vitreous clay, four 

 statuettes in bronze, four in wood, some stuffs, and a wooden tablet 

 covered with hieroglyphics. 



B. Alb AND. — Seven vases, the gift of the Countess de Rumine, 

 were found in a bed of peperin, situated between Albano and Marino, 

 to the southward of Rome. At that point the most ancient pottery 

 of Italy is found. 



C. Greece.-'— The ancient art of Greece is represented only by 

 seven vases, found in the vicinity of Athens, and given by Dr. Auguste 

 Chavannes. Their interest consists chiefly in their showing that the 

 art of the potter proper to Magna Grecia was net unknown to Greece, 

 properly so called, a question a long time doubtful, but completely 

 decided by various discoveries. 



D. Magna Grecia. — Thirteen vases, six of which are added to her 

 other generous contributions by the Countess de Rumine, are more or 

 less ornamented with the paintings to which the Egyptians have 

 given their name, pictures representing subjects of history, mythol- 

 ogy, or common life. Notwithstanding the small number of these 

 vases they suffice to give us an idea of the development of that kind 

 of art in Magna Grecia. 



E. Roman Antiquities of Italy. — Some slight fragments of marble 

 or stiicco, which travellers have brought from different parts of Italy, 

 scarcely deserve mention. But that can by no means be said of some 

 objects found at Rome and presented to the museum by M. the Con- 

 sul Begre. They consist of coarse potteries and some articles in 

 bone, such as punches and dice for gaming. 



These various articles are about fifty in number. Our own country 

 possesses enough of Roman fragments to make it worth our while 



