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ROOM I. 
Works 
®F A*T. 
HOOM II. 
fiOOMlII. 
JLansdown 
MSS, 
This collection, the greatest part of which 
consists of donations, not being strictly of a scien¬ 
tific nature, no further detail is here given of its 
contents.—In making the selection that is here 
exhibited, from a large store of similar materials 
deposited in a less conspicuous part of the house* 
a preference has been given to such articles as may 
best serve to illustrate some local custom, art* 
manufacture, or point of history ; but many even 
of these will gradually be set aside, to make room 
for others of more intrinsic value. 
SECOND ROOM.* 
Empty at present; its contents having been 
removed into other apartments upon the transfer 
of the Collection of Antiquities into the new 
building. 
DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS 
THIRD ROOM. 
LANSDOWN LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
This library, which having been lately acquired 
is not yet finally arranged, consists of 1352 
articles, of which 114 volumes contain an ample 
collection of Lord Burleigh’s State Papers, many 
of 
* This and the next room are at present appropriated for the use 
©f the readers. 
