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death, within two years of his leaving Eton. A tolerably 

 complete series of recent shells has been obtained, and a 

 collection of the more important zoological types is in 

 process of formation. Geology is represented by a fair 

 series of British rocks and fossils, and by remains of the 

 mammoth, hippopotamus, reindeer, and Bos primis^enius, 

 from the river gravels of the neighbourhood, together 



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with flint implements and neolithic axe-heads which have 

 been dredged out of the river. There are also a few 

 cases of specimens illustrative of volcanic and glacial 

 action, and of the more important processes of Metallurgy, 

 pottery, &c. 



Beyond the laboratory, and separated from it by the 

 racquet-courts, are the new Science Schools, which are 



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being used this Half for the first time, three out of the 

 four Science Masters having been hitherto accommodated 

 in some discarded mathematical schoolrooms. On the 

 ground floor there are two schoolrooms (A, A), each 

 accommodating forty boys, and two preparation-rooms 

 (B, B) opening into them, besides furnace-room, lavatory, 

 &c._; On the first floor are the biological laboratory (C), 



preparation-room (D), and schoolroom (E), all en suite, 

 together with a general apparatu ;-room (F) and stores 

 room (G). The laboratory, which is 28 feet by 16 feet- 

 has accommodation for seventeen boys at once, the table, 

 running alonj the length of the room, so thit the workers 

 shall face the window. Except for the necessary supports, 

 this is continuous along almost the whole of one side of 



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the room. The other side is occupied by shelves and a 

 large cupboard, half of which is divided up into compart- 

 ments, one for each boy. A sink, a bookshelf, and a 

 large slate occupy three of the corners, the door being at 

 the fourth. The rooms are all panelled with stained deal 

 to a height of about 5 feet from the floor, which leaves 

 ample space for diagrams above. 



The building has been designed and erected by Mr. E. 



Aborn of Eton, at the cost of the Governing Body of the 

 College, of which Prof Huxley became a member rather 

 more than a year ago as the representative of the Royal 

 Society. At the request of his colleagues he provided 

 Mr. Aborn with a statement of what he thought was 

 required for the proper accommodation of the three 

 houseless Science Masters, and the result is the eminently 

 practical but inexpensive building, with which all who 



