7 
Over Case 23. A canoe composed of many 
pieces of wood sewed together, from Queen 
I Charlotte’s Island: various kinds of paddles, &c. 
Over the Cases 25 and 26. A large wooden 
1 . . 
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 
i contain an ample collection of Lord Burleigh’s 
' State Papers, many of them originals: more than 
: fifty volumes contain Sir Julius Csesar’s papers, 
; all relative to the history of the time of Queen 
I Elizabeth and King James I.: a hundred and 
i 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- 
I cal, juridical, biographical, heraldical, and mis- 
I cellaneous collections*. 
I - 
j * A new Catalogue of this Library was completed and published 
I 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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