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GUIDE TO EXHIBITION EOOMS. 
DEPARTMENTS OF NATURAL HISTORY AND 
ANTIQUITIES. 
The present " Guide gives a concise account of the con- 
tents of the exhibition rooms in the several departments of 
Zoology, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Antiquities, in the 
British Museum, and is intended to supply such information 
as is necessary for the generality of visitors to the collections, 
in addition to that which is furnished by the labels attached 
to the various objects, 
A Synopsis, which is to be published hereafter, will 
give a fuller description of these collections, accompanied 
by scientific and literary notes, and illustrated by wood- 
engravings.* 
J. WINTER JONES, 
JPrincipal Lihrarian. 
British Museum, 
May 1st, 1878. 
* See the parts relating to the Egyptian Galleries, Yestihule (price 2c?.) ; the First 
and Second Egyptian Rooms, and the Grrteco-Roman Sculptures (id. each), the 
First Vase-Room {2d.), Second Yase-Room, Part I. (id.), the Bronze Room (3d), 
and the Select Greek Coins exhibited in Electrotype in the Gold-Ornament Room 
{3d.), already published. 
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