704 Zoology. 



Chronological Account of the Principal Accessions to 

 the Collection op Mollusca in the Department op 

 Zoology to the end op 1904. 



1759. 



Probably a number of shells were received with the collections 

 bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane (1759) and these would in all 

 probability form the nucleus of the Museum Collection. It must 

 be stated, however, that no record of any such specimens has 

 been traced. 



1799. 



In this year 794 specimens, still marked "Mus. Cracherode," 

 were bequeathed by the Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode. 

 A MS. catalogue of this collection is extant, and is of interest, as 

 the species are marked with the prices given for them to the 

 well-known dealer George Humphrey. 



1827. 



Numerous specimens, some probably obtained during Capt. 

 Cook's voyages, were doubtless included in the bequest of his 

 collections to the Museum by Sir Joseph Banks in 1827. These, 

 however, as in the case of the Sloane specimens, are not now 

 identifiable. 



1837. 



In the following year (1837) the collection formed by 

 Mr. W. J. Broderip, consisting of 4089 specimens, was purchased 

 for the sum of £1575. It included very fine series of Cones, 

 Cowries, and Volutes, and must have altogether altered the 

 character of the National collection. 



1838-1840. 



About this time the extensive collections of Natural History 

 made by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding, at St. Vincent's and other 

 islands of the West Indies, were sold at Messrs. Stevens' auction 

 rooms. The Museum acquired a large number of specimens, 

 some of which are of special interest, being either the actual 

 types or co- types of the various species described by Mr. Guilding. 



