a National Museum. 299 



of the reverse,) it would have dragged the globe out of its 

 course, and have perplexed its motions to a degree incom- 

 patible with our security, our enjoyments, and probably 

 our existence." — Paley, thap. xxii. p. 426. 



C. 



EXTREMES OF ORGANIZED BEING. 



6. Elephant— Mouse. 7. Ostrich— Humming -Bird. 

 8. Skeleton of a Whale— of a Minnow. 9- Crocodile- 

 Microscope and Wheel Animal. 



FIRST APARTMENT. 



ANATOMICAL RELATIONS. 



Man. 



1. Casts or statues of the Farnese Hercules and the 

 Venus de Medicis. 



2. Wax models from Florence representing dissections. 



3. Male and female skeletons. 



4. Foetuses in spirits. Injected preparations, &c. 



5. Parts of the skeleton. 



a. Skull. 

 Relation to the subsistence of the individual. 

 Tt is destined to contain a substance so soft as easily to 

 receive external injury; so important to the continuance of 

 life, that a very slight injury suspends or extinguishes the 

 vital energy. This substance is accordingly enclosed in a 

 strong bony case, "adapted not for n)otion, but solely for 

 defence. It is lined with soft membranous coats. Hollows 

 and inequalities may be observed in the inside of the skull : 

 these exactly fit the folds of the brain, keeping tlie sub- 

 stance steady, and guarding it against concussions." — Paley, 

 chap. xi. p. 223. 



Relation to the well-being of the individual. 

 'I'hc secure protection of the brain is of the first import- 

 ant e to sensation, the source of all animal delight j which 



is 



