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MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. [UPPER FLOOR. 
SECOND ROOM; 
THIRD ROOM; 
FOURTH ROOM. 
These apartments are devoted to Sir Joseph Banks*s 
Herbarium, together with Sir Hans Sloane’s and other 
collections of dried plants. 
FIFTH ROOM; 
SIXTH ROOM; 
SEVENTH ROOM. 
These apartments are at present occupied as working 
rooms for the Natural History Department. 
In the Sixth Room the general collection of Insects 
and Crustacea is preserved in cabinets. They may be 
seen by persons who wish to consult them for the pur¬ 
poses of study, (by application to the Keeper of the 
Zoological Collection,) every Tuesday and Thursday. To 
prevent disappointment, it is requested that persons 
wishing to see those collections, will apply two days 
previous to their intended visit. 
JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 
Oct . 10, 1840. 
EIGHTH ROOM, 
The Cases No. 1 and 2, together with two table Cases, 
contain a collection of Impressions from ancient seals, 
royal, baronial, monastic, ecclesiastical (not monastic), 
municipal, and private, made for and presented to the 
Museum by Mr. John Doubleday in 1830. 
The Case No. 3 contains a large collection of bronze 
and flint Celts, Spear-heads, and Arrow-heads; the greater 
part of the flint arrow-heads and celts found in Ireland. 
Case4 contains a collection of Hindoo Bronzes; and an 
assemblage of ancient Chess-men found in the sands upon 
the coast of one of the Western Islands of Scotland. 
Case 5. 
Various South Sea objects, not yet arranged. 
