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distant countries, without giving* proofs of their 

 zeal, in bringing or sending curiosities to enrich 

 the collection. The islands of Japan, the con- 

 tinent of India, the shores of Africa, the mines 

 of South America, and those rocky islands near- 

 est the north pole, have furnished specimens, 

 ** rich and rare,'* of nature and art, to augment 

 the wealth of our Institution. And, though 

 only small in value compared with some others, 

 the Council deem it right to record on the pages 

 of their Report, the warm expressions of one long 

 absent from his native soil, Mr. Philip Aldridge, 

 who hearing, accidentally, in the streets of Cal- 

 cutta, that a Museum was formed in Whitby, 

 has hastened to add his mite— a small but beau- 

 tiful box of shells, with other curiosities; regret- 

 ting that he had, unfortunately, disposed of a 

 much larger one a short time before.* 



Captain Potter has again made a munificent 

 present, — a fine Chinese painting of the house- 

 hold god Joss, a collection of insects from Japan, 

 several beautiful pieces of coral, &c., &c. 



Captain Smith has presented a variety of 

 instruments of war, articles of dress, and a case 

 of birds, from Fernando Po: Captain Terry, a 

 handsome Turkish pipe, &c. : Captain Nailor 

 several antique coins, an ancient seal, and three 



* Since the Annual Meeting, the Society have received 

 another collection of curiosities from Mr. Aldridge, with an 

 assortment of East Indian Seeds. 



