ROOM X. 
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ROOM XI. 
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TENTH ROOM. 
BRITISH ORYCTOGNOSTIC COLLECTION. 
This room contains the rudiments of a collec¬ 
tion of British simple mineral substances. In a 
series of table-cases are deposited the minerals 
of the first seven counties of England, in alpha¬ 
betical succession, from Bedfordshire to Devon¬ 
shire inclusive. The names of the counties are 
on the upper part of these table-cases, the con¬ 
tents of which are disposed, by longitudinal and 
parallel divisions, into four classes, viz. Earths, 
Metals, Inflammable Substances, and Salts. 
These divisions (as soon as convenient room 
shall be obtained) are to be continued, in the 
same direction, through the whole series of 
table-cases, so that it may be ascertained at one 
view, if any, and which of the substances be¬ 
longing to those classes, are to be met with in 
any given part of Great Britain. 
The upright cases next to the windows, con¬ 
tain coal-fossils, &c. continued from Room IX. 
ELEVENTH ROOM. 
The lower cases round three sides of this 
room contain the Collection of British Birds. 
The first order consists of the Accipitres, or 
Predaceous Birds (Cases 1 to 6) : it contains 
the genera Falco and Strix (eagles, falcons, 
hawks, and owlsJ, Among the species of the 
first 
