146 
LONG 
GALLERY. 
Nat. Hjst. 
In a distinct Case at the same side of this compart¬ 
ment is deposited the fossil human skeleton embedded 
in limestone, brought from Guadaloupe by Admiral 
the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, and presented to 
the British Museum by the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty. 
The upright Glass Cases on each side of the northern 
entrance into this gallery contain a collection of Fossil 
Vegetable Remains, consisting chiefly of Coal plants 
(with coloured casts in plaster of Paris for the sake of 
exhibiting their forms more distinctly); a suit of impres¬ 
sions of parts of vegetables in bituminous marl slate from 
Oeningen, &c.; an extensive collection of certain fossils 
from the blue clay of the cliffs in the isle of Sheppey, in¬ 
discriminately denominated fruits and seeds, but a con¬ 
siderable portion of which belong to the class of Zoo¬ 
phytes. 
In the upright Glass Cases of the eastern wall of the 
centre compartment is deposited a collection of mine¬ 
rals from the Hartz mountains, presented by his late 
Majesty King George IV. 
The sculptured tortoise in the centre of the Gal¬ 
lery, placed on a round table inlaid with various an¬ 
tique marbles and other mineral substances, is wrought 
out of nephrite or jade. It was found on the banks of 
the Jumna, near the city of Allahabad, in Hindostan, 
brought to England by Lieutenant-General Kyd, and 
presented to the Museum by Thomas Wilkinson, Esq. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST 
OF THE 
MINERALS IN THE LONG GALLERY, 
WITH REFERENCES TO THE TABLE CASES. 
Abrazite, 29 
Acanticone, 35 
Achmite, 34 
Acid, arsenious, 53 
-boracic, 41 
Acid, molybdic, 40 
--silicic, 20, 24 
-sulphuric, 55 
Actinote, 33 
Adularia, 29 
iEschynite, 39 
Agalmatolite, 32 
Agates, 23 
Agate-jasper, 24 
Alabaster, 46,57 
Alalite, 
