plans drawn for new buildings, none were under-
taken till 1823, when, upon the donation from his
Majesty King George IV of the Library collected
by King George III, the Government orderd drawings
to be prepared for the erection of an entire no Museum
a portion of one wing of which was to be occupied
by the recently acquired Library. This wing on the
Eastern side of the then Northern, & a part of the
western compartment of a projected Square have
been since completed. The Townly Gallery at pre-
sent joins on to the centere of the western compartment
& Montagu House, the old building of the Museum,
continued to form the general front. On entering
the Gate of the Museum from Great Russel Street, a
quadrangle presents itself, with an Ionic colonnade on
the South side, & the main building on the North; the
side buildings being allotted for the dwellings of
the officers. The house itself measures two hun-
dred & sixteen feet in length, & fifty seven in hight
to the top of the cornic[e]. The architect, Peter Puget,
a native of Marseilles, & an artist of the first eminence
in his time, was sent over from Paris by Ralph, first
Duke of Montagu, for the sole purpose of construc
ting this Splended mansion. It was the repetition
of a building first designed in 1674 by Dr. Hook,
which was destroyed by fire in 1686.")

I again visited this Museum & went through
evry appartment of it on the 9^th of Dec in company
with Elders B. Young & H. C. Kimball, The forego-
ing account, of this Museum is ownly its origen, they
have continued to build & add thereto untill it cover[s]
or surrounds five acres of ground, & it now cont
ains a vast number of rooms sum of them sev
eral hundred feet in length, & this Museum now con
tains the greatest variety of curiosityes of evry
kind name & nature Ancient & Modern, consisting
of all Natural History, Beast, Fowl, Birds, Fish, serpe-
nts, ores, minerals, Antiquities, of all nations—
sculptures, Mummies, hieroglyphics & Papyrus
Though I felt interested in a visit to evry apart-
ment of this Museum which is considerd the grea-
test collection in the world & open to the free
inspection of the publick, yet I felt the more
deeply interested in that Part called the gallery
of Antiquities esspecially the Egyptian. The
Antiquities consists mostly of Greek, Roman Jewish
& Egyptian, & some british. Among the vast

plans drawn for new buildings, none were undertaken till 1823, when, upon the donation from his Majesty King George IV. of the Library collected by King George III., the Government ordered drawings to be prepared for the erection of an entire no Museum a portion of one wing of which was to be occupied by the recently acquired Library. This wing on the Eastern side of the then Northern. & a part of the western compartment of a Projected Square have been since completed. The Townly Gallery at present joins on to the centre of the western compartment & Montagu House, the old building of the Museum, continued to form the general front. On entering the Gate of the Museum from Great Russel Street, a quadrangle presents itself, with an Ionic colonnade on the South side, & the main building on the North; the side buildings being allotted for the dwellings of the officers. The house itself measures two hundred & sixteen feet in length, & fifty seven in hight to the top of the cornic. The architect, Peter Puget, a native of Marseilles, & an artist of the first eminence in his time, was sent over from Paris by Ralph, first Duke of Montagu, for the sole purpose of construc ting this Splended mansion. It was the repetition of a building first designed in 1674 by Dr. Hook, which was destroyed by fire in 1686.") I again visited this Museum & went through evry appartment of it on the 9th of Dec in company with Elders B. Young & H. C. Kimball, The foregoing account, of this Museum is ownly its origen, they have continued to build & add thereto untill it covers or surrounds five acres of ground, & it now cont ains a vast number of rooms sum of them sev eral hundred feet in length, & this Museum now con tains the greatest variety of curiosityies of evry kind name & nature Ancient & Modern, consisting of all Natural History, Beast;, Fowl, Birds, Fish, Serpents, ores, minerals, Antiquities, of all nations - Sculptures, Mummies, hieroglyphics & Papyrus. Though I felt interested in a visit to evry apartment of this Museum which is considered the greatest collection in the world & open to the free inspection of the publick, yet I felt the more deeply interested in that Part called the gallery of Antiquities esspecially the Egyptian, The Antiquities consists mostly of Greek. Roman Jewish & Egyptian. & some british, Among the vast