310 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DUBLIN. 
grown in importance under its present able director and his assistant, 
though, like all museums ‘‘in course of arrangement,’ and likely for years 
so to be, it has got this one advantage, that it possesses but little that 
is not good; the fitments are new and excellent, and it isin every way 
a great credit to the city of Lisbon. In my rapid survey of it I could 
not fail to take a note of the following among the many species that it 
contains:—Among the fishes I noted, Beryx decadactylus, Glasteros- 
teus brachycentrus, Pagellus owenii, Prometheus paradoxus (a fine spe- 
cimen presented by Dr. Gunther), -Alepesaurus ferox, Lechia amia, 
Chidsmodon mger, a perfect specimen taken from very deep water off 
Setubal; a large hook and a quantity of line was still enclosed in the 
capacious stomachal cavity; Cyprinus auratus; I mention this com- 
mon species for the purpose of alluding to the preservation of its 
brilliant colours. Specimens marked as being mounted in 1863 
were as fresh and bright-looking as if they were still alive. Signor 
Capello informed me that they were preserved in creosote dissolved in 
alcohol, and then diluted with water; and he also showed me large 
specimens of gurnards that had been preserved in the same fluid, and 
were in a very fine state of colour; the bottles, however, require to be 
quite air-tight. Chimoera —? avery large specimen of a species near 
C. monstrosa, Notidanus griseus, and NV. cinereus and Echinorhinus spi- 
nosus, with its large placoid scales. 
Among the birds, I saw a fine specimen of Baleniceps rex and 
Alca impennis ; this latter was a present from the reigning king, who 
obtained it from the King of Italy. It is in excellent condition, and is 
an evidence of the great interest taken in this museum by the King of 
Portugal. ; 
Among the mammalia there was a fine series of Capra hispanica, 
Mygale pyreniaca, and I. moschata, from Russia; and of the wolf and 
lynx of Portugal; an excellent skin and skeleton of Galeopithecus voli- 
tans, and of Cheiromys Madagascarvensis ; a beautiful stuffed skin of 
Potamogale ferox. 
The collection of shells is very fine; many of the species are 
rare, and all of them are in a fine condition. The collection consists, 
for the most part, of the private collection of the king, who has an ex- 
tensive knowledge of this branch of Natural History. I noticed a large 
handsome shell, marked, in the handwriting of the king, Hinnites 
Angolensis MS., from Angola, but am not aware that it has ever been de- 
scribed. The collection contains choice specimens of such rare shells 
as Conus gloria-maris, Cypreus Scotut, C. aurantia, &e. Very large 
specimens of Panopea aldrovandi were marked as from Algarve. 
Signor Capello was at the time engaged in arranging the Crustacea 
and Arachnida. ‘The working-rooms of the musewm were spacious, 
and the director’s apartment was furnished with microsccpes, and an 
excellent library. 
I had intended spending a few days more in Portugal, but news 
came to Lisbon that a revolution in Spain was imminent, and the very 
day on which it should commence was named. I was advised to get to 
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