NATURAL HISTORY. 
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ROOM IV.] 
Europe, the sand moles of the Cape of Good Hope, the bamboo 
rats of Malacca, the golden rats of Africa, and the Sewellel of North 
America, on the lower shelves. 
The Table Cases. The different kinds of Corals. 
Tables 1—20. The various kinds of star corals or madrepores; 
as the sandy corticifera, the sea mushroom (Case 2); the brain stones 
(Case 10); the tree-like corals (Case 15]); the clove coral of the Medi¬ 
terranean ( Case 7); the millepore, which grows extremely rapidly and 
expands itself with facility over all the different anomalous objects that 
come in its way: thus we have it covering shells, bottles, horny corals, 
and assuming the form of all the things it covers. 
Table 21. The bright red Organ Corals, which are formed by 
a beautiful green animal. 
Table 22. The red Coral of the Mediterranean, from which the 
coral beads are formed; the horse-tail coral with its jointed axis. 
Tables 24—26. The different kinds of Gorgonise; as the sea fans. 
Table 27. The different kinds of Antipathes. 
Table 28. The different kinds of Fleshy Corals; the Sea Pens and 
the square axis which supports them; the Nephthya from Sumatra; the 
Nidalia from the West Indies, which has been taken for a mineral; and 
the extraordinary glass rope from Japan; the glassy fibres of which this 
coral is formed consist of pure flint, and are hard enough to scratch glass. 
Tables 29, 30. The different kinds of Horny Sea Weeds; as 
the Sertularice and Tubularice. 
Tables 31, 32. The different kinds of encrusting Cellepores, 
laminar Escharse, branching Tubulipores, and coralline-like Crissiades; 
many of them are natives of our shores. 
Over the Wall Cases are placed the fish which are too large to 
be inclosed in the Cases; as the Herschell pike fish, from the Cape of 
Good Hope; the Sudis, from the rivers of Berbice; the bony pike, 
from North America. 
FOURTH ROOM. 
The Wall Cases round the Room contain the collection of Fish, 
under the course of arrangement. 
The Table Cases, a few specimens of Annulose Animals, to exhibit 
their systematic arrangement. 
The general collection of insects and Crustacea are preserved in 
cabinets. They may be seen by persons wishing to consult them for 
the purpose 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. 
Wall Cases 1—13. Spiny-rayed Fish. 
Cases 1—4. The perches, gurnards, the flying gurnards with their 
large pectoral fins, the bull heads, the hog-fish, sea scorpions, the fly¬ 
ing sea scorpions or sea butterflies, paradise fish, and fingered perches. 
Case 5. The Scienoid Fish, maigres, ombres. 
Case 6. The bristle-toothed fish or Chcetodons. 
Case 7. The Holacanthi , the scombers, mackarel, tunny, the 
sword fish with its long pike-like nose: some of these afford a most 
important article of food. 
