344 FROM THE CAPITAL OF THE BANNAT, 
CHAP, question might be put to him respecting the 
< situation of the University of Pest. The Public 
Libia^. Library is a very spacious room, resembUng, 
as to its interior, the form of our Senate House 
at Cambrids'e. It contains all the best editions 
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of the classics, and also some manuscripts ; but 
none of the latter merit a particular notice. 
Cabinet of rpj^g Cabinet of Natural History is more re- 
Natural _ "^ 
History, markablc : it contains sixty thousand minerals ; 
but they are exhibited without classification, 
and the specimens are of the most ordinary 
kind. The compartment relating to Botany has 
been better attended to; the plants being sys- 
tematically arranged, according to the LinncEan 
system, and they are in good preservation. There 
is, moreover, a valuable and very extensive 
collection of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, 
and insects : also a magnificent exhibition of 
preparations in wax, for students in Anatomy: 
this part- contains a revolting display of mon- 
Revenue. stcrs. Tlic amiual revenue of the University 
amounts to twenty thousand pounds sterling of 
our money; four thousand of which are reserved 
for the payment of its Professors. The Botanic 
Botanic Garden is near to the town : it is maintained in 
(jarden. 
good order, and serves as a promenade for the 
higher class of inhabitants. We prevailed upon 
our fellow travellers, the Turkish Ambassador, 
