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Report of a Journey Around the \\\^rld. 



where ten eight-oared crews contended, and we were privileged to 



see a "bump" directly opposite the college barge where we were 



seated. The spectators were not 



less an interesting study than the 



athletic contestants. The view of 



the town of Oxford from the upper 



windows of the Balfour villa at 



Headington Hill in the early 



morning was most attradlive. 



In the diredlion of the Syden- 

 ham Crystal Palace from London at 

 Forest Hill there is a quaint muse- 

 um building bearing the following 

 inscription on a bronze tablet: 



Founded in 1890 by Fredtrick 

 John Horniman, Esq., M.P., F.R. 

 G.S., F.L.S.; rebuilt in 1900; and, 

 in 1901 presented by him, with the 

 adjoining Horniman -gardens, to 

 the London County Council, as a 

 free gift to the people, for ever." 



To the original museum a lec- 

 ture hall and library has been added 

 by Mr. E. J. Horniman, son of the 

 founder, which was opened to the 

 public January 27, 1912. Fig. 34. 



In several respects this muse- 

 um differs from all others seen, and 

 having had the great advantage of 

 the knowledge and faculty of ar- 

 rangement of Dr. A. C. Haddon, 

 it may well occupy some space for 

 its description. In the first place 

 it is open free every day in the year 

 except Christmas. Sundays, all the 

 year round, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Week 



days, April to September inclusive, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; October to 

 March inclusive, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The main building consists 



'To that Council I am indebted for the photographs used in illustration, 

 and a full set of the exceedingly well-arranged handbooks. 



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BLOXAM IDOL, OXFORD 

 MUSEUM. 



