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How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

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INTRODUCTION

VISIT THE FIRST

SOUTHERN ZOOLOGICAL ROOM.—Hoofed Animals:—Giraffe; Walrus; Rhinoceros; Buffalo; Antelope.

SOUTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Hoofed Animals:—Wild Ox; Hippopotamus; Elephant; Llama; Bison; Armadillo; Deer.

MAMMALIA SALOON.—Bears; Monkeys; Cat Tribe; Dog Family; Bear Tribe; Mole Tribe; Marsupial Animals; Seal Tribe; Corals

EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Birds of Prey; Perching Birds; Scraping Birds; Wading Birds; Web-footed Birds.

NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Bats; Reptiles; Serpents; Tortoises; Crocodiles; Frogs.

BRITISH ZOOLOGICAL ROOM.—Carnivorous Beasts; Glirine Beasts; Hoofed Beasts; Insectivorous Beasts; British Reptiles; British Fish.

NORTHERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY—(continued).—Spiny-finned Fishes; Soft-finned Fishes; Cartilaginous Fishes; Sponges; Shell-fish; The Beetle Tribe; Butterflies and Moths.

EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY.—Star-fish; Sea-eggs; Shells.

VISIT THE SECOND

NORTHERN MINERAL AND FOSSIL GALLERY.—Fossil Vegetables; Minerals; Fossil Animals; Fossil Fishes; Fossil Mammalia.

THE EGYPTIAN ROOM.—Human Mummies; Animal Mummies; Sepulchral Ornaments; Egyptian Deities; Sacred Animals; Household Objects; Tools; Musical Instruments; Toys; Textile Fabrics.

THE BRONZE ROOM.—Greek and Roman Bronzes.

ETRUSCAN ROOM.—Etruscan Vases

ETHNOGRAPHICAL ROOM.—Chinese Curiosities; Indian Curiosities; African Curiosities; American Curiosities

VISIT THE THIRD

EGYPTIAN SALOON.—Egyptian Sculpture; Egyptian Coffins; Egyptian Tombstones; Sepulchral Vases; Human Statues; Egyptian Sphinxes; Egyptian Frescoes.

THE LYCIAN ROOM.—Lycian Tombs; Lycian Sculpture.

THE NIMROUD ROOM.—Assyrian Sculpture.

VISIT THE FOURTH

Townley Sculpture; Antiquities of Britain.

PHIGALEIAN SALOON.—Battle with the Amazons.

ELGIN SALOON.—Elgin Marbles; Metopes of the Parthenon; Eastern Frieze; Northern Frieze; Western Frieze; Southern Frieze; Eastern Pediment; Western Pediment; Temple of the Erectheum; Temple of Theseus; Lantern of Demosthenes.

CONCLUSION

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