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like myself, are engaged in more advanced work. ‘Tables 
containing drawers and provided with the necessary appli- 
ances for work are placed near the windows and against the 
walls, and in -C, in the middle of the room as well, are cases 
and cupboards filled with all sorts of apparatus from a paper 
of pins to an electric clock. e more elaborate apparatus 
is mostly kept in room Z, the space in the other room being 
A CORNER IN THE LABORATORY. 
mostly occupied by such simple apparatus as one o:dinarily ° 
requires, especially glass and porcelain articles of every de- 
scription. 
The next room to the right, &, is also used by advanced 
students and contains most of the reference books ordinarily 
needed, although there is also a book-case in C. Between 
the windows in this room is a table built against the wall and 
free from ihe floor, so as to be as free from vibration as pos- 
sipie. 
The room F, nearly opposite, is principally arranged for 
the study of bacteria, and is amply provided with all the par- 
aphenalia connected with the investigation of these little but 
