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REMARKS,^, 
SECTION I. 
ONSCIOUS of the Uprightnefs of my 
Intentions, meaning only to oblige the 
Public, I (hall attempt to conduct the cu¬ 
rious Obferver through the feveral Departments of 
the Briti/h Mufeum , which are three in Number ; 
the Department of Manulcripts, Medals, and 
Coins 5 that of Natural and Artificial Productions; 
and the Department of printed Books; befides ma¬ 
ny Articles in the Hall, in the fir ft Room above 
Stairs, and other Places, which are not compre¬ 
hended in any particular Department. 
It is not neceffary, in this fmail Work, to fay 
much of Montag'ft-Houfe, in which this choice and 
valuable Collection is depofited ; it was well known 
before the Death of the late Noble Owner of it, 
and is fit for the Purpofe tor which it is made ufe 
of: I fhall therefore omit any particular Defcription, 
and content myfclf with only taking a flight Notice 
of the Frefco Paintings in their proper Places. 
To begin my Remarks with the Contents of the 
Hall, I fhall, in honour of our own Iflands, firft 
take Notice of feven Blocks of very hard Marble 
of an hexangular Form : They were brought from 
an amazing Production of Nature^ as fome An- 
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