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The large tapestries in this room and on the staircase walls
are of early 17th century date, of Flemish production, but their
origin is not known.
The Upper Room. The so-called Banqueting Room.
The palaeontology of the Forest district is illustrated by an
interesting series of mammalian remains from the Pleistocene beds
of the Lea and Roding Valleys. These include bones and teeth of
the Mammoth (Elephas primigenius) from Lea Bridge and Ilford,
bones and teeth of Rhinoceros (R. antiquitatis) from Lea Bridge,
molar teeth of Hippopotamus (H. amphibius), bones and teeth of
the Aurochs (Bos primigenius) from Barkingside and Ilford, teeth
of Horse (Equus caballus) from Barkingside, a tooth of Bear
(Ursus arctos ?), and a ramus of the lower jaw, with teeth, of