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frequently obliged to go from one part of the room to 
another : to obviate this, it would be better to start on 
the right hand side, and proceed to the end, then to 
return along the middle row, and then to take the row 
on the left hand side, to complete the inspection. 
Turning then to the right, the visitor at once notices 
a large and fine, polished, inlaid table, of colonial manu- 
facture, and composed of the chief woods of the colony. 
On the floor, just within the doorway stands a curious 
old relic from a grave in Berbice ; this consists of a large 
flat stone on which is represented the scene of the Tempta- 
tion and Fall in the Garden — the scene being surmounted 
by a coronet. The representations of Adam and Eve, 
of the fruit, and of the serpent which supports itself 
comically from the trunk of the tree, are on a peculiarly 
bulky scale, and to a certain extent, through this bulki- 
ness, the figures recall something of the style of RUBENS 
— if one might venture to make such a comparison. 
Overhead on a bracket is mounted the head of what must 
have been a splendid specimen of the Elk or Moose-deer 
{A Ices machlis). These animals, which are about the 
size of a horse, and are the largest ruminating animals 
which periodically shed their horns, are characteristic of 
the northern portion of North America, Europe, and 
Asia. The horns in the Elk are peculiar ; being very 
broad, palmated and heavy — occasionally weighing as 
much as eighty pounds, and in correspondence with this 
the neck is very short and thick, giving an ungainly as- 
pect to the deer. A picture of the animal is given on 
the chart outside. 
On each side of, and below the head of the Moose- 
deer, are seen paintings of the interior of British Guiana 
