CONTENTS. 
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Account op the British Museum . ....... x 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Department op Zoology. 
Introduction ............ 1 
1. The Central Saloon (Anthropoid Apes : Chimpanzee, OraDg, Gorilla — 
Bats — Walrus — Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus — Giraffe, Antelopes, 
Goats, Sheep) . 1 
2. The Southern Zoological Gallery (Hoofed Mammals : Antelopes, Goats, 
Sheep and their horns ; Deer, Oxen, Llamas, Camels — Thick-skinned 
Beasts : Tapirs, Swine, Hyrax — Horse-Tribe — Armadilloes, Ant-eaters, 
Sloth — Echidna, Platypus — Basking Shark) . . . . . 3 
3. Mammalia Saloon (Whale and Narwhal Skeletons — Monkeys and Lemurs — 
Carnivorous Mammals — Marsupials or Pouched Mammals — Seals — 
Gnawing Mammals — Corals and Sponges) .5 
4. Eastern Zoological Gallery (Birds — Shells — Lemurine Monkeys in Table- 
cases) 9 
5. Northern Zoological Gallery. — First Room (Nests of Birds and Insects — 
Gigantic Land-Tortoises) . . . . . . . . .17 
Second Room (Reptiles and Batrachia — Star-fishes and Sea-urchins) . 18 
Third Room (British Animals) ....... 20 
Fourth Room (Bony Fishes — Insects, Spiders and Crabs). . . 21 
Fifth Room (Ganoid and Cartilaginous Fishes — Sponges) . . 24 
Portraits in the Eastern Zoological Gallery . . . . . . '2o 
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