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INDEX. 
Papyrus, specimens, 20] 
Papyri, Coptic and Greek, 17 ; 
Egyptian, 111 ; publications, 
215 
Parthenon, sculptures, xiii, 85 
Pavements, Anglo-Koman, 74 ; 
Assyrian, 105 ; Carthaginian, 
78 ; Ephesian, 79 ; Halicarnas- 
sian, 78 
Peridot, specimens, 196 
Persepolis, sculptures and casts, 
105 
Peruvian antiquities, 140, 142 — 
pottery, 145 
Phigaleian marbles, xiii, 91 
Phoenician inscriptions, 97, 102, 
106 
Photographs of objects in the 
British Museum, 224 
"Pigmy elephant," remains, 184 
IPigs of lead having Roman names, 
73 
Placoid fishes, 173 
Plans of the Museum — ground 
and upper floors, facing page 1 
Plants, 199— parasitical flower- 
ing, 206 — sections, 211— fossil, 
172, 209, 2L0, 211— fossil, for 
microscopic examination, 211 
Plasma, specimens, 194 
Platinum, specimens, L87 
Playing-cards, 59, 141 
Plesiosauri, 177 
Polacanthus, remains, 175 
Polledrara, tomb, Vulci, bronzes, 
&c, from, 128 
Polynesian ethnographical speci- 
mens, 142 
Pompeii, mural paintings, 127 
Porcelain. See Pottery and 
Porcelain. 
Porpoises, 150 
Portland vase, 119, 139 
Portraits exhibited in the King's 
library, 21 
Pottery and porcelain, Anglo- 
Roman, 135 ; Arica black 
pottery, 142 ; British, 133 ; 
Cyprus, 122 ; Damascus, 145 ; 
Egyptian, 116; English, 137; 
Fijian, 143 ; Mediaeval, 137 ; 
Mexican, 142 ; New Granada, 
142; Persian, 145; Peruvian, 
142 ; Rhodian, 145 ; Roman, 
122; of Savage races, 141; 
South American, 142 
Pourtales collection, xiv 
Prase, specimens, 194 
Prehistoric antiquities, 143 
Printed books, account of the 
department and exhibited books, 
1 — publications, 216 
Printing, early specimens, 3 — 
fine and sumptuous, 8 — typo- 
graphical curiosities, 10 
Prints and drawings, xviii — 
exhibition in King's library, 19 
— publications, 216 
Proteacese, 209, 212 
Proustite, specimens, 190 
Pterodactyles, 177 
Publications of the British 
Museum, 213 
Pyramids of Egypt, casing- 
stones, 111 
Pyrolusite, specimens, 193 
Quadrants, mediaeval, 137 
Quadrupeds, 146, 162 
Quartz, specimens, 194 
Radiated animals, 164, 166, 
221— fossil, 178 
