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There were cases of mounted birds & cabinets filled by bird skins. The mollusc collection was very large. I saw a few fossil teeth & jaws of mammals also. In another room was a herbarium of dried sheets of plants. [[strikethrough]] Most [[/strikethrough]] Down in the lower floor were alcoholic fishes in large jars, snakes, lizards, turtles etc. All of the alcoholics were much faded & the mammals skins also showed much fading. The bugs had however been kept out of the collections. The collection of mammals could be purchased for a few thousand dollars & Pere Heude confused types, could no