INTRODUCTION. XXXlll 
want in the prosecution of their studies or la¬ 
bours. For this purpose a very commodious 
apartment has been set aside, by the name 
of the Reading-Room, which is open every 
day,. Saturdays and Sundays excepted, and to 
which persons not wholly strangers are freely ad¬ 
mitted, and there readily supplied with whatever 
books, or manuscripts, they may desire to con¬ 
sult; as also with such productions of art or na¬ 
ture, of which they may wish to have a closer 
inspection than can be had in the cursory manner 
allowed to ordinary visitors. 
The regulations made for the proper use of this 
privilege are found fully adequate for the intended 
purpose; and the intentions of the Trustees that, 
as far as is consistent with the security of their 
important charge, every facility be afforded to 
those who wish to avail themselves of this part of 
the Establishment, are fulfilled with promptness 
and fidelity. 
For the admission of companies to a sight of 
the Museum (a popular, though far less useful 
application of the Institution) various regula¬ 
tions have, from time to time, been formed, every 
successive alteration having had for its object to 
add to the facility of access, and in every respect 
F to 
Admission of 
Sti angers. 
