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such a way that every type-specimen of Barrande's can be quickly 

 and readily referred to. Each case exhibits in its upper part 

 about 100 objects, and beneath each are 18 drawers (in three rows) of 

 specimens for purposes of scientific study. A special case is devoted 

 to the memory of J. Barrande, showing a copy of his monumental 

 work (28 vols. 4:to, containing 1,454: plates, giving illuslrations 

 of more than 4,800 species from the Bohemian Palaeozoic Basin) ; 

 then a photograph of the memorial tablet fixed on the Silurian 

 rocks near Kuchelbad, and a photograph of the house in which he 

 resided in Prague during 40 years, together with the tools he used 

 in developing his fossils, and his portrait when he first arrived in 

 Bohemia. 



The second room, called " Sternbergeum," about 100 square metres, 

 contains the type-specimens of the work of Count Caspar Sternberg, 

 " Flora der Vorwelt." In a central pavilion are grouped about 

 40 large and striking examples of Carboniferous plants, foraiing 

 a pyramid, on the summit of which is placed a bust of Sternberg 

 in Carrara marble. In two of the wall-cases are placed the Arachnida 

 and Scorpions of the Coal-measures, 25 species represented by about 

 60 specimens. 



The third room is a laboratory of phytopaleeontology. 



The fourth room, 100 square metres, contains the stratigraphical 

 collection of the Bohemian Coal-measures, with type-specimens of 

 Feistmantel's works. Then follows the Permian formation, with the 

 type-specimens of the work " Fauna der Gaskohle " by the writer. 

 The last of the 28 cases shows a rare collection obtained from the 

 Jurassic beds in northern Bohemia, being the type-specimens of 

 Dr. Bruder's work. 



The fifth room, of equal proportions, contains the Chalk formation 

 of Bohemia, displayed in 28 cases. Three cases contain a splendid 

 exhibition of the Cenomanian flora described by MM. Velenovsky 

 and E. Bayer. The marine fossils from different stages (Cenomanian- 

 Senonian) are here shown as documents in evidence of the mono- 

 graphs published by myself in the " Archiv fiir Landesdurchforschung 

 Bohmens," exhibited in 25 cases. 



The sixth room is devoted to the Tertiary (lacustrine) formation 

 of Bohemia, and shows in 28 cases a rich flora and fauna (fishes, 

 insects, mollusca, and a great part of the skeleton of Dinotherium 

 found near Abtsdorf, and many other mammalian remains). 



The last room of the series, devoted to Bohemian geology and 

 palaeontology, contains in 12 cases the diluvial and alluvial fauna, 

 the vertebrates described by Kafka, and the mollusca by Babor. 

 There are also exhibited specimens to illustrate the lithological 

 character of each pei'iod. In a central pavilion are displayed the 

 remains of JSlejphas, Bhinoceros, Cervus, Bos, etc. Near the window 

 is exhibited a complete skeleton of the Ehinoceros found near 

 Pardubic. 



In all the rooms named above are also displayed geological maps 

 showing the geographical distribution of the formations in Bohemia, 

 and diagrammatic coloured sections of the principal localities. 



