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ROOM IX. 
Nat. Hist. 
ROOM X. 
Nat. Hist. 
In Cases 30 to 37 a considerable suite of fos¬ 
sils, mostly belonging to the Alcyonia and 
Sponges. 
Cases 38 and 39 are chiefly occupied by fos¬ 
sil remains of the class Crustacea, divided into 
various genera, and including the order of Tri- 
lobites of which the principal genus (Calymene) 
is familiarly known by the appellation of theDud- 
ley Fossil. To these are added (in Case 39) re¬ 
mains of insects (chiefly of the order of Neu- 
roptera) from the marl slate quarries of Oenin- 
gen, &c. 
The Cases, 40 to 43 (near the windows) con¬ 
tain, among other interesting vegetable remains, 
an extensive collection of fruits and seeds from 
the blue clay of the cliffs in the Isle of Sheppey, 
and impressions of leaves and other parts of 
plants, in bituminous marl slate from Oenin- 
gen, &c. 
TENTH ROOM. 
BRITISH ORYCTOGNOSTIC COLLECTION. 
This room contains the rudiments of a collec¬ 
tion of British simple mineral substances. In a 
series of table-cases are deposited the minerals of 
the first seven counties of England, in alphabe¬ 
tical succession, from Bedfordshire to Devon¬ 
shire inclusive. The names of the counties are 
on the upper part of these table-cases, the con¬ 
tents of which are disposed, by longitudinal and 
parallel 
