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•> 3 _ S8 The huntsman cone, South Sea ; the brocade cone, China $ 



both of extraordinary size, and a spotted tun 

 $ _ ty ^- Sg The orange-mouth spider, Amboyna, very scarce j and a rare 



* swallow margaritifera, Pulo Condore 



f>^/J^6 90 The great high admiral cone, two inches and three quarters 



in length, Friendly Islands, fine and very rare 

 /_ ^ — . Ql The violet echinus from China, very rare 

 a /J^„ 9 2 Haliotis grandis, the great ear, of extraordinary size, leiug 

 ~~ seven inches and a half long, from Van DiemerCs Land 



/j>' v -© ,Q3 Tlie great, or giant oyster, Friendly Isles 



1 £ Q4 The great Oriental mother-of-pearl shell of an extraordinary 

 size, China 



A. 2- 95 Cardium Costatum, or hollow-ridged cockle, from Guinea, 



m . rare, a large and fine specimen 



2.-6- 96 Large dish of RaphaeFs ware 



97 Ancient English battle axe 

 ^ f$ f 98 Ancient English breast-plate and helmet 



99 The superb oriental toy, generally denominated the tomb of 

 * Confucius. This master-piece of ingenuity was pro- •• * 



nounced by Mr. Cox, (the proprietor of the celebrated 

 Mechanical Museum) to be '* one of the most extraordi- 

 oy / • nary productions of art ever beheld," and he moreover 

 ^ added, " he could not undertake to make one like it for 



a less sum than ^1500." It is scarcely necessary to add 

 that every spectator of discernment will find the propor- - 

 tions of the various figures (though so extremely minute) 

 of critical accuracy. The lody of the performance is 

 formed of double-gilt silver, which is richly ornamented 

 with Syrian garnets, rubies, and diamonds, 

 „ /a _ 10O Beautiful brown dendritse on laminated sand-stone, Lancashire 

 a 101 Variegated Asbestos, formed on a coarse rock stone 



b 102 Delicate dendrite on yellow laminated marble, from Sulen- 

 hofen, near Papenheim 

 /$ 103 A fine and large specimen of bubbled galena 

 /^/f 104 A fine specimen of pure plumbago or graphite,, weighing 

 twenty-four ounces 

 S & 105 Solid tin ore, Cornwall : and octohaedral tin ore, with 

 yellow crystals of quartz 

 XV -- 100 A capital specimen of black crystallized columnar tin, 

 Cornwall 



/L/p ^ 107 A large and finely crystallized specimen of resin-coloured 

 tin, Cornwall 



Z- 2- 1Q 8 A superb specimen of looking-glass cobalt, having its surface 

 nearly over-spread by red arseniate of cobalt, with bo- 

 tryoidal and crystallized white pharmacolite, Hesse 



/^Jj? log A slab of the ultramarine variety of iridescent Feldspar of 

 matchless beauty and perfection 

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