NATURAL HISTORY. 
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ROOM IX.] 
Gnu , Zimm.), over No. 22 is the Dauw {Equus Burchellii , 
Gray), and between them the Caama ( Antilope bubalis , 
Licht.), and, in front of the latter, the Giant Armadillo 
(Dasypus gigas, Cuv.), of which a second specimen is 
over the adjoining Cases. Over Case 23 is the Zebra 
(Equus Zebra , Linn.), and over 24 another specimen of 
the Dauw. All the above, except the Armadillo, which 
is from America, are from the Cape of Good Hope, and 
were brought to England, and presented to the British 
Museum, by William Burchell, Esq. Over the mantel¬ 
piece, are the Long and the Short-tailed Manis. 
NINTH ROOM. 
The Mammalia in the upper Cases in this apartment 
are supplementary to those in the Saloon, and are placed 
here for want of sufficient space in that room. Amongst 
them are the Nepaul and Egyptian Goats, ( Capra hircus, 
Linn., var. nepalensis , and C. nubiana, F. Cuv.), a spe¬ 
cimen of the Musk Deer ( Moschus moschiferus, Linn.), 
the Egyptian Antelope ( A . dorcas, Linn.) and its fawn, 
the Persian Bull and Cow, (Bos Taurus , Linn. var. in - 
dicus ,) and the Broad-hoofed Antelope, {A. nasomaculata , 
Blainv.). Above these Cases, and fixed against the wall, 
is the tanned skin of a large species of Boa, killed at Minas 
Geraes, in South America. The skins of these enormous 
serpents, when prepared in this manner, are used by the 
natives for making boots, &c. Over the Case No. 1, is 
the nest of a species of Wasp, from India. In this apart¬ 
ment are also deposited the collections of Mammalia, 
Amphibious, and Invertebrate animals, preserved in 
spirits ; some Reptiles, and a small collection of Crusta- 
ceous Animals, Spiders, and Insects. 
The upright Cases contain Mammalia, Amphibia, and 
Invertebrated animals, in spirits. In Cases No. 1 and 2, 
are the various species of Frogs ( Rana ), some of a large 
size. Amongst them is the Jacky {Rana par adorn,) the 
tadpole, or larva of which, is larger than the perfect animal, 
losing, at its metamorphosis, its enormous tail and external 
skin, whence the older naturalists imagined the order of 
nature to be reversed in this animal, and that the frog be¬ 
came a tadpole, or as they called it, a fish,—an error long 
