7 
Over Case 23. A canoe composed of many 
pieces of wood sewed together, from Queen 
Charlotte’s Island : various kinds of paddles, &c. 
Over the Cases 25 and 26. A large wooden 
drum with lateral opening, made of the trunk 
of a tree : a wooden box, &c. 
SECOND ROOM. 
This room contains miscellaneous objects 
under arrangement. 
THIRD ROOM. 
LANSDOWNE LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
This library, acquired in 1807 by a Vote of 
Parliament, is not yet finally arranged. It con¬ 
sists of 1245 volumes (exclusive of Rolls and 
Charters), of which a hundred and twenty-two 
contain an ample collection of Lord Burleigh’s 
State Papers, many of them originals : more than 
fifty volumes contain Sir Julius Caesar’s papers, 
all relative to the history of the time of Queen 
Elizabeth and King James I.: a hundred and 
seven volumes of historical collections of Dr. 
White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough : a con¬ 
siderable number of original royal and noble 
letters and papers: and a great store of histori¬ 
cal, juridical, biographical, heraldical, and mis¬ 
cellaneous collections*. 
* A new Catalogue of this Library was completed and published 
in 1819, under the direction and at the expense of the Commissioners 
upon Records of the Kingdom. 
ROOM I. 
ROOM II. 
ROOM III. 
Lansdowne 
MSS. 
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