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Altho' it may be presumed, that per-
sons who shall be admitted to see the
Museum, will in general conform them-
selves to the rules and orders above-
mentioned; yet as it may happen, that
these rules may not always be duly ob-
served: the Trustees think it necessary,
for the safety and preservation of the
Museum, and do hereby order, That in
case any persons shall behave in any im-
proper manner, and contrary to the said
rules, and shall continue such misbe-
haviour after having been admonished
by one of the officers; such persons
shall be obliged forthwith to withdraw
from the Museum; and their names shall
be entered in a book to be kept by the
porter: who is hereby ordered not to
deliver tickets to them for their admis-
sion for the future; without a special
direction from the Trustees in a general
meeting.
We shall now give a plan of the whole
Museum, with the contents of each
room, and the order in which they are
shewn, &c.
Having giving in at the porter's lodge
mark'd g in the plan No. 1. your
name, addition, and place of abode, you
have notice given what day and hour
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to attend, and a ticket given you. By
shewing this you are admitted, and en-
tering the hall (i) you ascend a mag-
nificent stair-case, nobly painted by
La Fosse. The subject of the ceiling,
Phaeton requesting Apollo to permit
him to drive his chariot for a day. On
the inside walls a landskip, by Rousseau:
this brings you into the vestibule (I No. 2)
the ceiling represents the fall of Phaeton;
in this is a mummy and some other an-
tiquities. The saloon D is a most mag-
nificent room, the ceiling and side walls
painted by the abovementioned painter
La Fosse, the landskips by Rousseau, and
the flowers by the celebrated Baptist.
You are then admitted into the room
E, which contains the Cottonian and
royal manuscripts, in about 750 volumes.
F and G contain the Harleian manu-
scripts, in about 7620 volumes; and M
the Harleian charters in number about
16000, O is the room of medals, which
are upwards of 22000 in number. L
has Sir Hans Sloane's manuscripts, and K
contains the antiquities.
This brings you again into the vesti-
bule, and passing thro' the saloon, you
enter the room C, which contains mi-
nerals and fossils, B shells, A vege-
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