CONTENTS 
LOWER ROOMS. 
Rooms Page 
I—XVI. Entrance Hall, and Library of Printed Books . 1 
UPPER FLOOR. 
I. Artificial Curiosities from different Countries . 3 
II. III. IV. Sloane and Banksian Collections of Dried Plants 10 
V. VI. VII. Sir Joseph Banks’s Library . . .10 
VIII. Impressions from Ancient Seals, Vases, Bronzes, &c. 11 
SALOON. General Collection of Quadrupeds . .16 
Room IX. Continuation of Quadrupeds, Amphibia, Crusta¬ 
cea, &c. . . . . .23 
X. Reptiles in Spirits, See-Eggs, and Star-Fish . 32 
XI. General Collection of Fish and Corals . . 48 
XII. British Birds and British Shells . . .63 
XIII. General Collection of Birds and Shells . . 76 
LONG GALLERY. Mineralogy and Geology, including Se~ 
condary Fossils . . . .96 
ROYAL LIBRARY . . . . .134 
GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
Room I. Terracottas . . . . .138 
II. Greek and Roman Sculptures . . .144 
HI. Ditto . . . . . .145 
IV. Ditto . . . . . .149 
V. Roman Sepulchral Antiquities . .149 
Sir T. Lawrence’s Collection of Casts . .152 
VI. Greek and Roman Sculptures . . .153 
VII. British Antiquities .... 158 
VIII. * Egyptian Antiquities . . . .160 
IX. Portland Vase . . . .162 
X. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection . .163 
XI. Greek and Roman Sculptures . . . 166 
XII. Ditto . . . .171 
GRAND CENTRAL SALOON . . . .176 
EGYPTIAN SALOON . . . . .177 
PHIGALIAN SALOON . . . . .188 
ELGIN SALOON . . . . . .190 
Medal Room . . . . • * .214 
Print Room . . . . . . > .215 
Regulations of General Admission .... 217 
Directions respecting the Reading Room . . .218 
