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On the first landing-place are a Musk Ox, from Mel¬ 
ville Island, and a Polar Bear; procured in the late 
Arctic expeditions;—and presented by the Lords of the 
Admiralty « 
Between these animals is placed the trunk of an 
Arborescent Fern (Alsophila Brunoniana of Wallich) 
forty-five feet in height, from the mountains to the east¬ 
ward of Silhet in Bengal. Presented by the East India 
Company . 
Above the Musk Ox and Polar Bear, are a Great 
Seal, said to be from the north-west coast of Britain, 
and an Ursine Seal, presented by Capt . Fitzroy , R . N. 
On the upper landing-place are a male and female 
Giraffe, or Camelopard, from South Africa, presented by 
W . J. Burchell, Esq.; and a River Horse, or Hippo= 
potamus, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
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