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Mine, fhewing their Huts, Ladders, &c. The 
Crucifixes belong to them, as being commonly 
feen about the Entrance of Mines that are fituated 
in thofe Places where the Roman Catholic Religion 
prevails. But neither the Crucifixes, the View of 
the Mine, or the Miners, are fo curious as to me¬ 
rit any particular Attention •, efpecially in a Mufeum 
where there are fuch a Number of Arcicles that are 
fo much more worthy of Remark. 
We fhall finifh what we have to fay of this 
Room, by cliredting the Reader to the Tufks of an 
Elephant, or.e tolerably 'perfect, the other half pe- 
rifhed, and fome other Bones of this large Animal. 
Thefe are all faid to have been found in a certain 
Place near Gray's Inn Lane , very deep in the Ground. 
It is not improbably fuppofed to have been the Re¬ 
mains of one that was brought over here in the 
Time that the Romans were Mailers of Britain. 
COLLECTIO SLOANIANA. 
The Reader will now prepare bimfelf for the 
Remarks that are to be made on the Contents of the 
next Room, which are no lefs curious and worthy 
of Notice than thofe we have already gone through. 
To begin with the Repofitories, or Cabinets, the 
firft we meet with are 
Vegetabilia. Frudlus. Ligna. 
Under thefe Titles are comprehended a great 
Variety of foreign Fruits, different Kinds of aro¬ 
matic and other curious Woods, many Sorts of 
Gum, Barks, and a numerous Train of other ve¬ 
getable Productions We fhall firft direct the 
Reader to the Scythian Lamb, otherwife called Ba- 
romez. 
