Synopsis of the Contents of the Museum Author:British Museum General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1841 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: In The Window Neak The Entrance-door, are a pacuna, or tube for blowing the small poisoned arrows in Case 5; a bow of the Indians of the banks of the Ucayall; some spears made of palm wood and some of bow wood, and a bow from the Indians of the Maranon ; and a wooden spear from the Napo. Presented by Lieut. Henry Lister Maw, R. N. In the centre of the Room, within a glazed frame, is one of the originals of Magna Charla, belonging to the Cot- tonian Library; at the side, there is an Engraving of it in fac-simile by Pine. . . EDWARD HAWKINS. June 12, 1841. SECOND ROOM; THIRD ROOM ; FOURTH ROOM. These apartments are devoted to Sir Joseph Banks's Herbarium, together with Sir Hans Sloane's and other collections of dried plants. FIFTH ROOM; SIXTH ROOM; SEVENTH ROOM. These apartments are at present occupied as working rooms for the Natural History Department. In the Sixth Room the general collection of Insects and Crustacea is preserved . in cabinets. They may be seen by persons who wish to consult them for the purposes of study, (by application to the Keeper of the Zoological Collection,) every Tuesday and Thursday. To prevent disappointment, it is requested that persons wishing to see those collections, will apply two days previous to their intended visit. JOHN EDWARD GRAY. June 12, 1841. EIGHTH ROOM. The Cases No. 1 And 2, together with two table Cases, contain a collection of Impressions from Ancient Seals, royal, baronial, monastic, ecclesiastical (not monastic), municipal, and private, made for and presented to the Museum by Mr. John Doubleday in 1830. The Case No. 3 contains a large c...« less