II. GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OP THE MUSEUM. 9 



Beginning at the left is a series of Marsupials. The first cases 

 contain the Kangaroos and the Wombats. The next contain the 

 Wallabies, Wallaroos, and the smaller species of Kangaroos. In 

 the centre case on the end wall are the Jerboa- and Rat-Kangaroos, 

 the Perameles, the Bandicoots and their allies. The next case to 

 these in the right hand corner has a group of Tasmanian Mammals, 

 among which are specimens of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus) 

 and Tiger ( Thylacinus). On a shelf in the same case are 

 Native Cats, &c. The Opossums and Native Bears follow and 

 occupy one side of the room. The Placentals or Non-Marsupial 

 Mammals— including Eats and Mice, Bats, the Dingo, Seals, 

 &c., are further round in the case between the Opossums and 

 the door leading to the Geological Hall. 



Having reached this stage the visitor is recommended to return 

 to the north end of the Australian Hall and to examine the 

 Fishes and Reptiles in the table cases. 



The Australian Fishes are in three large cases in the centre of 

 the Hall. One contains mounted specimens, the others princi- 

 pally fishes preserved in spirits. The two remaining cases in 

 the end room contain the Australian Snakes, Lizards, and 

 Batrachians. 



Overhead is the skeleton of a Sperm Whale { Physeter macro 

 ce2)lialas) stranded at Wollongong in 1860. It is about seventy 

 feet in length. There are many other skeletons of whales in the 

 Museum, but for want of room they cannot at present all be 

 exhibited. 



Returning now to the door at which we had previously arrived, a 

 short flight of steps leads down to the Geological Hall. This is the 

 oldest part of the Museum, and is known as the " Old Wino-." 

 It is to be devoted entirely to the Departments of Geology and 

 Paleeontology, but at present is in a transition state. The collec- 

 tions of insects which were previously deposited here have been 

 removed to the upper floor of the new wing, and placed in cases 

 prepared for their reception. The Foreign Mammals, which will 

 by and by find a more suitable resting place, are in the mean- 

 time deposited in the wall cases and in the gallery without any 

 special arrangement. 



