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Rh and chemistry; commerce, which includes whatever relates to navigation, agriculture, or manufactures; the imitative arts, painting and sculpture; music; and lastly, literature.

Each of these classes is furnished with an apartment for its exclusive use, and proper instruments for experiments, or to facilitate the communication of knowledge. The chamber of physics contains a small museum of natural history, and some anatomical preparations. Their arrangement is neat and scientific. In the hall of commerce are various models of useful inventions. The music room is admired for the happy disposition of its orchestra, but in what its peculiar merit consists I could not perfectly learn, nor had I an opportunity of judging, as we were unfortunately prevented by an engagement from attending the concert, which is weekly held at this room. In the apartment sacred to literature is a good collection of books: the lecturer's pulpit of mahogany is ornamented with carvings emblematical of learning, of the most beautiful execution.