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NATURAL HISTORY. 
[MAMMALIA 
In the Window near the Entrance-door, are a pacuna , or tube for 
blowing the small poisoned arrows in Case 5 ; a bow of the Indians of 
the banks of the Ucayali; some spears made of palm wood and some of 
bow wood, and a bow from the Indians of the Marat'on; and a wooden 
spear from the Napo. Presented by Lieut. Henry Lister Maw , P.N. 
In the middle window of the Room, within a glazed frame, is one of 
the originals of Magna Charta , belonging to the Cottonian Library; 
at the side, there is an Engraving of it in fac-simile by Pine. 
In the window nearest the door is a glass Case covering a model of 
the middle part of the bridge at Black Friars, w ith the frame-work used 
in its construction, presented in 1770, by the Bridge Committee . 
In the centre of the Room, in an upright glazed Case, is a Model of 
the ships Victory and Mercury, bequeathed in 1778 by Philip Denoyer , 
Esq. Here is also an inlaid Indian Cabinet. 
Over the door leading to the passage is a New Zealand Kite, from 
Plenty Bay. Presented by Mr. Bead , 1843. 
And various objects, comprising spears, mats, musical instruments, 
&c., chiefly from the South Seas, are temporarily arranged over the 
Cases in the Room. 
EDWARD HAWKINS. 
Dec. 28, 1843. 
ROOMS II., III., IV. 
Are devoted to Sir Joseph Banks’s Herbarium, together with Sir 
Hans Sloane’s and other collections of dried plants. 
MAMMALIA SALOON *. 
The collection of Animals is contained in two Galleries, and for the 
convenience of exhibition is arranged in two series. The Beasts, 
Birds, Reptiles, Fish, and the specimens of the other smaller ani¬ 
mals kept in spirits, are exhibited in the Wall Cases. The hard parts 
of the Radiated, Annulose, and Molluscous animals, as Shells, 
Corals, Sea Eggs, Star Fish, Crustacea, and Insects, are ar¬ 
ranged, as are also the Skulls of the smaller beasts, and the Eggs 
of Birds, in a series in the Table Cases of the several rooms. 
In the Wall Cases of this Saloon are arranged the specimens of 
Rapacious and Hoofed Beasts, and over the Cases are the different 
kinds of Seals ( Phocce ), Manatees, and Porpoises ( Delpkini ); and on 
the Floor of the room are placed the larger hoofed beasts, which can¬ 
not, on account of their size, be arranged in their proper places in the 
Cases. 
Cases 1—28. The Rapacious Beasts. 
Cases 1—7. The various kinds of Cats, as the lion ( Leo ), from 
South Africa; tiger, from India; the jaguar, and the different kinds of 
ocelots, from Central America; the w r ild cats of Europe; the chaus, 
from North Africa and Asia; the booted cat of the Cape of Good 
* For an explanation of tire method on which the Zoological Collection is arranged, 
and a list of the genera, see a small work called the “ Guide to the Zoological Col¬ 
lection,” sold in the Hall; where may also be had a List of the Species of Mam- 
malia,” with their Synonymes. 
