GROUND FLOOR. 
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telope of Pennant, from the Cape of Good Hope; and 
on the Polar Bear’s case, the Elk from Sweden. Both 
presented by the Trustees of the Hunterian Collection, 
Between these animals is placed the trunk of an arbo¬ 
rescent Fern {Alsophila Brunoniana of Wallich) forty-five 
feet in height, from the mountains to the eastward of 
Silhet in Bengal. Bresented by the East India Company* 
Also a specimen of a species of Palm [Euterpe oleracea^ 
Mart.), native of South America. Cultimted and pre- 
sented by Messrs. Loddiges. 
On the upper landing-place are a male and female 
Giraffe, or Camelopard, from South Africa, presented by 
W.J.BurchelU Esq.; another Giraffe, presented by the 
Trustees of the Hunterian Collection; a young Indian 
Elephant, and an Indian Tapir. 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 wdth 
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 
Sound; a band, worn as a maro, from Egmont Island; a 
pair of woman’s boots, from Cape Thomson ; a dart 
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