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ROOM 
VIII. 
SALOON. 
corated with twenty-two figures in high relief, 
representing some of the principal personages 
of the Hindoo mythology. 
THE SALOON. 
The Dome of this apartment was painted by 
the same artist who decorated the ceiling over 
the great staircase, Charles de la Foss. The 
design has generally been described as re¬ 
presenting the Apotheosis of Isis, but the most 
probable conjecture is, that it is meant to exhi¬ 
bit the Birth of Minerva. The landscape and 
architectural Decorations are, like those on the 
staircase, by Jacques Rousseau, and the gar¬ 
lands of flowers by Jean Baptiste Monoyer. 
Over the fire place is a full-length Portrait of 
King George II. by Shackleton. 
The general collection of Quadrupeds, (mam¬ 
malia,') are placed, for the present, in this apart¬ 
ment ; the larger species in upright glazed 
Cases round the room, the smaller in those be¬ 
tween the windows. 
The Quadrumana, or Monkeys, Lemurs, and 
Bats, which with man, formed the Order Pri¬ 
mates of Linnaeus, are contained in the Cases 
No. 1—4, and in some smaller Cases fixed be¬ 
side them ;—in the last are most of the Bats. 
Amongst the Monkeys, are the Ourang Outang, 
or Man of the Woods (Simla Satyrus , Linn.), 
which 
