SALOON.] 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
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queathed to the British Museum , by the late R. P. Knight , 
Esq . 
At the ends of the Table Cases containing the casts 
from ancient seals, are two upright glazed Cases ; one 
covers a Model of the middle part of the Bridge at 
Black Friars, with the frame work used in its construction, 
presented in 1770 by the Bridge Committee of the City of 
London; the other, Models of the Ships Victory and 
Mercury, bequeathed, in 1778 by Philip Denoyer , Esq.; 
and on the tops of the Cases round the Room are lances 
and other objects from Australia, &c. 
E, HAWKINS. 
June 12, 1841. 
THE SALOON. 
The Dome of this apartment was painted by the artist 
who decorated the ceiling over the great staircase, Charles 
de la Fosse. The design has generally been described as 
representing the Apotheosis of Isis, but the most probable 
conjecture is, that it exhibits the Birth of Minerva. The 
landscape and architectural Decorations are, like those on 
the staircase, by Jacques Rousseau, and the garlands of 
flowers by Jean Baptiste Monoyer. Over the fire place is 
a Hunting Piece by Weenix. 
H. ELLIS. 
June 12, 1841. 
The Zoological Collection is arranged, for the con¬ 
venience of its exhibition, in two Series. The vertebrated 
animals and others kept in spirits, are exhibited in the wall 
Cases, and the hard part, or the skeletons of the inver- 
tebrated animals, as the shells, star-fish, sea eggs, corals, 
insects, and Crustacea are arranged in a series in the table 
Cases of the several Rooms. 
Part of the general collection of Quadrupeds, (Mam¬ 
malia,) is placed, for the present, in this apartment until 
the new Saloon is ready for their reception. The larger 
species in upright glazed Cases round the room, the smaller 
in those between the windows. 
Over these Cases, is a specimen of the Dugong (Ha* 
licore Dugong) from Singapore. A young specimen of 
Weddell’s Sea-Leopard (Leptonyx Weddellii , Gray), pre¬ 
sented by Capt . Fitzvoy, R.N. The Ursine Seal (Phoca 
