GROUND FLOOR. 
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feet in height, from the mountains to the eastward of 
Siihet in Bengal. Presented by the East India Company. 
Also a specimen of a species of Palm (Euterpe oleracea 1 
Mart.), native of South America. Cultivated and pre¬ 
sented by Messrs. Loddiges. 
Above the Musk Ox and Polar Bear, are the Coudou 
Antelope, from Southern Africa, and the Elk from Swe¬ 
den, both presented by the Trustees of the Hunterian 
Museum. 
On the upper landing-place are a male and female 
Giraffe, or Camelopard, from South Africa, presented by 
W.J. Burchelli Esq.; also another Giraffe, presented by 
the Trustees of the Hunterian Collection ; and a River 
Horse, or Hippopotamus, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
The last mentioned Giraffe was brought to England by 
Mr. Paterson, and is the first ever seen in this country. 
H. Ellis. 
UPPER FLOOR. 
FIRST ROOM. 
The ceiling of this room, representing the fall of 
Phaeton, was painted by Charles de la Fosse. 
The upright cases round the room contain a series of ar¬ 
tificial Curiosities from the less civilized parts of the world. 
Case 1. Esquimaux dresses, from Winter Island; a 
whalebone net, -used by the Esquimaux for laying under 
their beds; a wooden bowl; a cup and spoon made of 
the horns of the musk ox ; a bone ornament, from Sa¬ 
vage Island; some Esquimaux arms; a small basket; a 
pair of eye-shades formed of bone ; a bow-string ; a cu¬ 
linary vessel and lamp, cut out of stone. Over the Cases 
is placed a sledge from Baffin’s Bay, which, together with 
the rest of these articles, was brought to England by 
Capt. Sir Edward Parry, in 1822. 
Case 2. Esquimaux dresses from Point Hope: a steers¬ 
man’s cap, from West Georgia; men’s boots, and an Es¬ 
quimaux landing net, formed of whalebone, from Kotzebue 
l Sound; a band, worn as a maro, from Egmont Island; a 
pair of woman’s boots, from Cape Thomson ; a dart 
thrower, from Point Barrow ; and a richly carved paddle, 
from Tahiti. 
Case 3. Various specimens cloth, formed of the 
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