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of birds, but they do not call for special mention 
here. 
On the right of the entrance-hall is a flight of stone 
stairs leading up to the Corporation 
Muniment Room, 
to which has been transferred the valuable collection 
of Municipal Documents formerly in the Guildhall. 
They date back to 1240, and consist of Deeds, 
Parchment Rolls, bound Volumes, and more modern 
paper documents. ‘The Royal Charters are still in 
the Guildhall. 
Near the staircase is the door leading into the 
Curator’s and Committee rooms, in which are 
The Library. 
This, though not very extensive, contains some 
valuable works. 7 
Through the glass door in front are seen the central 
gardens, which will doubtless be much resorted to in 
summer. 
Passing to the right in the first corridor, hanging 
against the walls, will be noticed a fine cartoon by 
J. G. Waller, F.S.A., by whom it was presented to the 
Museum, representing the Brothers rescuing their 
Sister from Comus and his Rabble (Milton’s Comus, 
lines 657—664)* ; and near the door leading into the 
garden is a view of London in 1647, showing the 
houses as they existed at that time on London 
Bridge—this is not original, but a reproduction, dated 
1832. Between the windows of the corridor are two 
of the cases, Nos. 31 and 34, belonging to the Lombe 
_ * This cartoon was exhibited in Westminster Hall in 1843, 
and was awarded a premium of £100. 
