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greater advantage ; but the Room into which 

 the statues of the pediment have been removed * 

 is hardly large enough to enable the spec- 

 tator to see to proper advantage these splendid 

 objects of heroic art. Large fragments of the 

 sculptures are still on the floor of the Room con- 

 taining the collections from Lycia,^ it being 

 impossible to find an unobjectionable spot, in 

 v^hich they may be fixed in the room itself. 



If every room in the Department of Antiquities 

 were to be examined in the same manner, the same 

 observations would apply, with the exception of 

 those reserved for British and Mediseval Anti- 

 quities,*' for which more than adequate space is 

 provided, whilst the Townley Terracottas have 

 not been exhibited for years past ; and the collec- 

 tions of gems, of Etruscan and even British gold 

 ornaments, and of many other instructive, interest- 

 ing and tasteful objects, are in a room'^ from which 

 the general public are excluded, and worse off 

 than was the case when the old Townley Gallery 

 and Medal Room were in existence. 



As to the Medal Room itself® the cabinets are 

 inconveniently arranged, owing to want of space ; 

 it is now proposed that a portion, at least, of the 

 books of reference collected for the use of the de- 

 partment, and kept in that room, be removed to 



^ Plan II., 14. b Plan II., 13. 



' Plan III., 9. d Plan HI., 4. 



« Plan III., 8. 



