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Cases around the room contain interesting archaeologi- 

 cal collections, especially rich in both South and North 

 American antiquities, the Trenton collection of trilo- 

 bites and other fossil forms, besides a large number of 

 skeletons, stuffed specimens and alcoholic specimens 

 illustrative of general zoology and physiology. One 

 of the most curious objects in the collection is a 

 mummy of a date some eight hundred years before 

 the Christian Era. It was secured for the Univer- 

 sity by the Hon. G. P. Pomeroy, Consul at Cairo, 

 in 1883. The first gallery is mainly occupied by 

 the Newcomb collection of shells, purchased by the 

 University from Dr. Wesley Newcomb at a cost of 

 $16,000. The collection is systematically arranged and 

 'classified, and for scientific purposes as well as for the 

 number and beauty of the specimens is probably un- 

 equalled in the world. Cases on the east and south 

 sides contain the collection illustrative of invertebrate 

 life, one of the most interesting in the museum. It 

 contains among other specimens, a fine collection of 

 rare and beautiful corals, and a remarkable series of 

 colored glass models of different forms of invertebrate 

 life. 



The second gallery is mostly occupied by cases con- 

 taining photographs illustrative mainly of European ar- 

 chitecture. The collection has been brought together 

 largely by ex- President White, and eontaiiis much to 

 interest the lover of art. From this gallery a door leads 

 into the tower, on entering which the first object to 

 meet the visitor is the apparatus of the University 



