In the Entrance Court of the Museum, sheltered by 
the Colonnade, are 
The remains of a Canoe found in 1834 at South Stoke in 
Sussex, presented by the late Earl of Egremont; 
A large wooden Idol from Otaheite, presented by Mr, W. 
Howard; and 
A sepulchral Stele; with a few architectural fragments, 
part of the Elgin Collection . 
Near the steps of the main Building, fenced in, are placed 
the Skulls and lower Jaws of the Spermaceti and Whale - 
bone Whales, from the North Sea; together with several 
Bones of the Southern Whalebone Whale, from the Cape 
of Good Hope . 
