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animals ; a similar corner of the South American room, 

 showing the llamas, armadillos, and sloths ; and one side of 

 the North American room with its bison, elk,&c. (Figs. 2, 3); 

 but any general picture of the assemblage of animals is 



Fig. 4. — THE EUEOPEAN FAUNA. 



impossible in a photograph, owing to the distribution of the 

 separate cases, which stand out between the windows. 



It might perhaps be better in any future attempt to 

 show the geographical distribution of animals in a museum, 

 that a different method should be adopted. The two longest 

 sides of a large room lighted from above or from the ends, 



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