238 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



thirty-three windows on the first floor and the 

 same number on the second, is divided into three 

 equal parts. The middle part, which has a small 

 projecting wing on each side, was formerly the 

 dwelling of the superintendant and the cabinet. 

 The southern part, which contains the library, 

 was almost all built in the time of Buffon ; and 

 that division which extends from the second 

 wing to the hill was added in 1808. The gate 

 and staircase opposite the great avenue were 

 then suppressed. The present entrance from the 

 street into the garden opens into that part of the 

 court which is in front of the house where Buffon 

 lived. The door of the cabinet and the staircase 

 have been placed at the other end in the angle 

 next to the guardhouse and orangery. In the 

 first wdng there is another staircase which leads 

 to the library and galleries on the days they are 

 not open to the public (i). 



The ground floor is composed of the porter's 

 lodge to the south, and of several rooms with 

 doors and windows of iron grating which open 

 into the court. The largest of them contains 

 models of agricultural tools, and is the lecture- 



(i) The Cabinet of natural history is open to the public every 

 tuesday and Friday, from three o'clock until six in the summer, and 

 from three until dark in the winter. Admission is given on mondays, 

 Wednesdays and Saturdays, to those who have students' cards, or 

 Tvho present a ticket signed by one of the professors. 



