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different objects, iiicbidiiig quadn’.peds, birds, repliic"*’ 
insects, ancient arms, works of art, &c. arranged in scieU' 
tific order. 
The South Sea Curiosities were principally brougld 
England by Captain Cook, and consist ot superb featlic'*’ 
cloaks, liclmets, hats of feniliers, ornaments, breast-plat*-’’- 
war-clnbs, idols, fish-hooks, fly-Haiis, caps, &c. To tlie^'e 
added, from other sources, w'ar-dnbs. paddles, bows, rati!r’’> 
adzes and axes of hard bku^k stone, knives, dresses, Stt-- 
Among the North Asin South American CuRiosiTit-* 
are maucasions, o-r .shoes ; n quiver, with poisoned aiTo"'*' 
and a tube for disch.arging them ; belts ; pouches ; a 
variety of bows and arrows ; snow-shoes ; the calumut. 
jiipe of pe,ice ; a wampum belt ; a sjiecimen of clot^’y 
made of tlie asbestos, &e. brought from Canada, Hndsctt’ 
Bay, and other parts of those 'territories. The class 
African Coriositifs contains musical instmments; st'ff 
trt>s ; pouches ; shoes ; fans ; bows ; poisoned a: ren*'-’’ ’ 
lances ; daggers, &c. with hammocks ; gourds ; an Atrii-'-t 
harp ; a pair of bellows ; and other curious objects. 
The department of Works of Art, contains, among oth^| 
objects of great value and beauty, a line e(]uestriau 
of Edward the Black Prince, in armour ; models in coloi't'^j 
wax ; busts in rice paste ; medals of an ancient armory, 
a Chinese pagoda, and of men of war, in »olour< d stn>'‘ ’ 
•culptures in ivory ; pictures, in coloured sand, in wood, 
The department of Natural History contains sev**'.' 
lhou.sand species, and excels any in Great Britain, either j.‘^| 
the rarity and nu.mber of the specimens, or the beat>*^' ' ^ 
and novel manner in which they are displayed. Among '' 
quadrupeds are all the interesting specimens, from tiie 
elephant and the rhinoceros to the most minute 
The giroffe, or Camelopardalis, se'-enteen feet ihree ir“^’ 
- . IjgflU 
high, is the finest in Europe. Among the bir 
are 
tiful specimens of the bird of Paradise ; that niaginh'^ ^ 
bird the grand hoopoe ; humming birds ; a black j]i 
an undescribed water-bird, of the duck tribe. A'C. 
beautifully stutied. Among the amphibious animals •’ 
great boa, thirty- tw-o feet in length; tlie .America** 3 
African iguana serpents ; rattlesnakes; spectacle snak--’j 
fine specimen of tlie geomerricai tortoise, gc :. I he 
elogical. Entomological, and Mineralogicai departments 
