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the back, from South America ; the boa constric- ROOM xil. 
tor, or great boa, from South America, a small natThist. 
or young specimen, the animal often growing to 
the length of twenty, thirty, or even more feet. 
In the glass case in the middle of this room 
are contained many specimens of dried fishes, 
&c. The most remarkable are the foliated pipe¬ 
fish, from New Holland ; and the Southern tra- 
chichthys : also a chameeleon dried. 
DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES. 
FIRST ROOM. 
TERRACOTTAS. 
All the articles in the folloiving Catalogue of 
Antiquities , unless where it is otherwise spe¬ 
cified , belonged to the collection of the late 
Charles Townley , Esq. 
No. 1. A female statue, probably of one of room i. 
the Muses. - 
_ Antisuities. 
No. 2, An amphora. 
No. 3 . A terminal head of the bearded Bac¬ 
chus. 
No. 4 . A bas-relief, representing a combat 
between two Amazons and two Griffins. 
No. 5 . Ditto, representing the head of a 
Triton, 
