IV 



In adapting the Edifice which Mr. Bullock has just com- 

 pleted for his present Collection, by displaying it advanta- 

 geously for the Study of tlie Naturalist, the Instruction of 

 the Curious, and the Amusement of those who are delighted 

 in viewing the Beauties of Nature, or the Curiosities of Art, 

 he has endea\'oured to i-ender it worthy of the British Me- 

 tropolis, whilst he has also provided the means for enlarge- 

 ment, as future additions shall accumulate. 



One department of the Museum (the Pantherion), com- 

 pleted with much labour and great expense, is entirely 

 novel, and presents a scene altogether grand and interesting. 

 Various animals, as the lofty Giraffa, the Lion, the Ele- 

 phant, the Rhinoceros, &c. are exhibited as ranging in their 

 native wilds and forests ; Avhilst exact Models, both in figure 

 and colour, of the rarest and most luxuriant Plants from 

 every clime, give all the appearance of reality; the whole 

 being assisted with a panoramic effect of distance and ap- 

 propriate scenery, affording a beautiful illustration of the 

 luxuriance of a torrid clime. 



The Museums of France have been enriched with the 

 spoils of nearly the whole Continent, and the Gallery of the 

 Louvre contains more treasure in Painting and Sculpture 

 than perhaps will ever again be amassed in one Collection. 

 But though her active and persevering Ruler, desirous of 

 making his capital the centre of every attraction, has con- 

 tributed to the Museum Naturale, every specimen of Na- 

 tural Histoiy which in the present state of the Continent 

 cpuld be procured, our unrivalled Navy, and the extension 

 of our Colonies throughout the habitable world, present 

 such advantages to this country, that the writer feels con- 

 fident, that if his exertions are seconded by the Public as 



