11. A Wolf, from New Spain; a present from Lord St. Vincent in October 1799.

12. Two Racoons, bred in the Tower.

13. Three Royal Hunting Tygers. These are said to have belonged to a pack of the same kind, of Tippoo Saib's, with which he hunted beasts of prey. They are a small kind of tyger, and are extremely curious.

4. A Coati-mondi, brought from Honduras. This animal renders itself a formidable enemy to the alliga tor by destroying its eggs, and killing the young ones in great numbers, soon after they are hatched.

15. A Tiger Cat, from the river Gambia, presented to the Prince of Wales by Admiral Gambier. Alt naturalists who have seen this animal allow him to be the most beautiful of his species ever brought to Eng.land.

There were formerly a number of monkies kept in the yard; but lately they have been removed from this place by his Majesty's orders, one of the largest of them having torn a boy's leg in a dangerous manner.

The care taken by the keepers to prevent injury to the visitors, is very great; and the wholesome, cleanly condition of the deus, deserves praise. The dens are very commodious. They are about twelve feet in their whole height, being divided into an upper and lower apartment, in the former they live in the day, and are shewn, and in the latter sleep at night. Iron gratings inclose the front of the dens, most of which have been recently rebuilt, with every precaution to prevent accidents.

These animals are in general very healthy. It is remarkable that those who have been whelped in the Tower are more fierce than such as are taken wild; strangers should be cautious not to approach too near the dens, and avoid every attempt to play with them.

Spanish Armory.

Here the visitor is shewn the trophies of the famous victory of Queen Elizabeth over the Spanish Armada.

Among these the most remarkable are the thumb. screws, intended to be used to extort confession from the English where their money was hidden. In the same room are other curiosities; among which is the axe with which the unfortunate Anne Bullen was beheaded, to gratify the capricious passions of her hus band, Henry VIII. A representation of Queen Elizabeth in armour, standing by a cream-coloured horse, attended by her page, is also shewn in this room. Her majesty is dressed in the armour she wore at the time she addressed her brave army, in 1588, with a white silk petticoat, ornamented with pearls and spangles.

Small Armory.

This is one of the finest rooms of its kind in Europe. It is 345 feet in length, and in general it contains complete stands of arms for no less than 200,000 men. They are disposed in a variety of figures, in a very elegant manner. A piece of ordnance from Egypt has been lately added, sixteen feet long, and seven inches and a half bore.

Other curiosities are shewn in this room; among which are arms taken at various periods from rebels: the Highland broad sword deserves particular notice! In many respects this room may be considered as one of the wonders of the world.

Royal Train of Artillery.

Part of this is kept on the ground floor, under the small armory. The room is 380 feet long, fifty feet wide, and twenty-four in height. The artillery is ranged on each side, a passage sixteen feet in breadth, being left in the centre. In this room are twenty pil lars that support the small armory above, which are hung round with implements of war, and trophies taken from the enemy.

There are many peculiarly fine pieces of cannon to be seen here: one (of brass) is said to have cost 2007. in ornamenting. It was made for Prince Henry,

eldest son of James I. Others are extremely curious for their antiquity. Among them is one of the first invented cannon. It is formed of bars of iron, hammered together, and bound with iron hoops. It has no carriage, but was moved by six rings, conveniently placed for that purpose. A considerable part of the artillery is lately removed to Woolwich, and the remaining part will also probably soon follow.

Horse Armory.

This is a noble room, crowded with curiosities that will highly gratify the visitor. The armour of Joha of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and son of Edward III. is seven feet in height. The sword and lance are of a proportionable size. A complete suit of armour, rough from the hammer, made for Henry VIII. when eighteen years old, is six feet high.

The kings of England, on horseback, are shewn in the following order:

1. George II. on a white horse, with a sword in his hand. His armour is richly gilt; the horse has a Turkish bridle gilt, with globes, crescents, and stars: velvet furniture laced with gold, gold fringe, and gold trappings.

2. George I. in a complete suit of armour, on a white horse, with a truncheon in his hand. The horse has a Turkish bridle, gilt, with a globe, crescent, and star; the furniture is of velvet, laced with gold, with gold trappings.

3. William III. on a sorrel horse, with a flaming sword in his right hand. The horse's furniture is green velvet, embroidered with silver. His suit of armour was worn by Edward the Black Prince, in the famous battle of Cressy.

4. Charles II. has a truncheon in his hand, and his horse is decorated with crimson velvet, laced with gold. His armour was worn by the champion of England, at the coronation of George II.

3. Charles I. His suit of armour was a present to him from the city of London, when he was Prince of Wales, and is curiously wrought and gilt.

6. James I. of England, and VI. of Scotland, has a truncheon in his right hand, and his armour is figured.

7. Edward VI. in his right hand bears a truncheon. He has a very curious suit of steel armour; on which, in different compartments, are depicted a variety of scripture histories, alluding to battles and other memorable facts.

8. Henry VIII. is in his own armour of polished steel, with the foliages gilt, or inlaid with gold; and has a sword in his right hand.

9. Henry VII. A sword in his hand; his armour is of curious workmanship, and washed with silver.

10. Edward V. In his right hand holds a lance; his armour is finely decorated. The crown is hung over his head, because he was proclaimed king, but never crowned.

11. Edward IV. Has a sword in his right hand, and his armour is studded.

12. Henry VI. Crowned king of France at Paris. 13. Henry V. The conqueror of France: the companion in his early days of the celebrated Sir John Fal

staff.

14. Henry IV. Son of John of Gaunt.

15. Edward III. In a suit of plain bright armour, with a venerable grey beard. On his sword are two crowns, alluding to his being crowned king of France and England.

16. Edward I. Has a battle-axe in his hand. His armour is gilt, and even his shoes are of mail.

17. William the Conqueror. His armour is quite plain.

For the Spanish Armory, Small Armory, Train of Artillery, and Horse Armory, the price is one shilling only.

The Shell-work.

Within the bloody tower, on the right-hand side, is an exhibition of shell-work, of about thirty years standing. These specimens of the lady's ingenuity who shews them, cannot fail to please. The admission is sixpence. The model of the pagoda at Kew is particularly curious.

Jewel-office.

This is shewn for one shilling each person in company; a single person pays one shilling and sixpence. Its curiosities are:

1. The imperial crown, with which the kings of England are crowned. It is of gold, enriched with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and pearls ; within is a cap of purple velvet, lined with white taffety, and turned up with three rows of ermine.

2. The golden globe. This is put into the king's right hand before he is crowned; and when he is crowned, he bears it in his left hand, having the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster Hall. It is about six inches in diameter, edged with pearl, and ornamented with precious stones. On the top is an amethyst, of a violet colour, in height an inch and a half, set upon a cross of gold, and ornamented with dia− munds, pearls, &c. The whole ball and cup is eleven inches high.

3. The golden sceptre, and its cross, upon a large amethyst, decorated with table diamonds. The scep tre has a plain handle, but the pummel is surrounded with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. Each of the leaves of the fleur-de-lis, rising from the top, of which there are six, is enriched with precious stones; and from them issues a ball which is made of part of the amethyst. The cross is covered with precious stones.

4. The sceptre, with the dove, the embien of peace, resting on a small Jerusalem cross, which is decorated with jewels and table-diamonds, of great value.