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this is often drawn from by students, who find it ex- 

 ceedingly difficult, on account of its unnatural attitude . 

 But the wonderful skill and knowledge displayed in the 

 anatomy well repays a careful study. 



No. 21. Statue of Mercury sleeping on a rock. 



No. 23. Statue of Cupid bending his bow. 



No. 38. Head of Demosthenes. 



No. 43. A shelf containing, next to the Head of a 

 Boy, a Bust of iElius Caesar. 



Twelfth Room. 



The contents of this room being chiefly Heads, Busts, 

 and Masks, of which more is not known than that some 

 are Heads of Gods and Goddesses, to detail which will not 

 be interesting, so after directing the visitor's attention to 



No. 11, which contains a small Bust of Antoninus 

 Pius, we proceed to the 



Grand .Central Saloon, 



in which the visitor will see on the left, in white marble, 

 a fine Statue of Venus, preparing for the bath ; and 

 also on the left a Statue of the Emperor Hadrian, in a 

 military dress. 



Egyptian Saloon. 



Some of the Antiquities in this apartment were col- 

 lected in various parts of Egypt, by the French : and 

 upon the capitulation of Alexandria, in 1801, came into 

 the possession of the English army. 



In contemplating the fragments of Egyptian work- 

 manship, we cannot but be impressed with a degree 

 of awe and wonder at the greatness and grandeur of 

 their works, of which the remains in this apartment 

 give but an imperfect idea. The physical power, the 

 untiring energy, and the unceasing perseverance, neces- 

 sary to form such stupendous Pyramids, carve such 

 enormous figures, and yet often to impart to them such 



