CONTENTS. 
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Account of the British Museum x 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Department of Zoology. 
Introduction 1 
1. The Central Saloon (Anthropoid Apes : Chimpanzee, Orang, 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) 10 
5. Northern Zoological Gallery. — First Room (Nests of Birds and Insects — 
Gigantic Land-Tortoises) 18 
Second Room (Reptiles and Batrachia — Star-fishes and Sea-urchins) . 19 
Third Room (British Animals) 21 
Fourth Room (Bony Fishes — Insects, Spiders and Crabs) ... 22 
Fifth Room (Ganoid and Cartilaginous Fishes — Sponges) . . 25 
Portraits in the Eastern Zoological Gallery 26 
