_Collected_ by =Joseph Sams=. _Purchased_, by a Parliamentary grant, for £2500. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XXXVIII) =1834= (and subsequent years). The HAWKINS FOSSILS. _Collected_ by =Thomas Hawkins=, of Glastonbury. _Purchased_, by successive grants of Parliament, in the years 1834 and 1840. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XXXIX) =1835.= The HARDWICKE ORNITHOLOGICAL MUSEUM. _Collected_ by =Major-General Hardwicke=. _Bequeathed_ by the Collector. [See BOOK III, Chapter 4.] (XL) =1835.= The SALT MUSEUM of EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. _Collected_ by =Henry Salt=, British Consul at Alexandria (Died 30 October, 1827). _Purchased_ (at various times) by Parliamentary grants. Of Mr. Salt’s successive Collections of Egyptian antiquities the most valuable portions have come to the Museum; chiefly in the years 1823 and 1835. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XLI) =1836.= The MARSDEN CABINET of ORIENTAL COINS. _Collected_ by =William Marsden= (Died 6 October, 1836). _Bequeathed_ by the Collector. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XLII) =1836.= The SHEEPSHANKS COLLECTION of ETCHINGS, PRINTS, &C. _Collected_ by =John Sheepshanks= (Died October, 1863); and _Given_ by the Collector. (XLIII) =1837–43.= The CANINO VASES. A selection from the superb Museum of the Prince of =Canino= (Died 29 June, 1840); acquired by successive purchases before and after the Collector’s death. (XLIV) =1839.= The MANTELL FOSSILS. _Collected_ by =Gideon Algernon Mantell= (Died November 10, 1850). _Purchased_ by a Parliamentary grant. [See BOOK III, Chapter 4.] (XLV) =1841–1847.= SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS from the NITRIAN MONASTERIES. _Collected_ by the Reverend =Henry Tattam= and by =M. Pachot=. _Purchased_ by the Trustees, by three successive bargains, in the years 1841–1847. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XLVI) =1842.= The HARDING PRINTS and DRAWINGS. _Purchased_, for the Trustees, by selection at the Collector’s sale. The selection comprised 321 very choice specimens of early German and Italian masters; and was acquired for the sum of £2390. (XLVII) =1843.= The RAPHAEL MORGHENS PRINTS. _Purchased_ by the Trustees, by a like selection, at a public sale in 1843. (XLVIII) =1845.= The LYCIAN or XANTHIAN MARBLES. _Discovered_ by =Sir Charles Fellowes= (Died 1860) in the years 1842–1844. _Transferred_ to the Museum at the cost of the Trustees in 1845. [See BOOK III, Chapter 3.] (XLIX)