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begins on page 238. It is fitting to mention here, however, a few 

 of the gifts of outstanding importance: 



Most noteworthy was the gift from Mr. Marshall Field, Trustee 

 of the Museum, of the nineteen sculptures by Herbert Haseltine 

 of champion domestic animals of Great Britain, which have been 

 installed in Hall 12. 



An interesting collection of fourteen Lamaist paintings was 

 presented by Messrs. Leon Mandel and Fred L. Mandel, Jr., of 

 Chicago, in memory of their deceased mother, Mrs. Blanche R. 

 Mandel. Mr. Leon Mandel also presented 5,000 feet of motion 

 picture film taken during the Leon Mandel-Field Museum Guate- 

 mala Expedition. 



The American Friends of China, Chicago, gave the Museum a 

 valuable brush-holder which belonged to the emperor K'ien-lung. It 

 is made of Burmese padouk wood, and has inlaid inscriptions and 

 designs in ivory, jade, and semi-precious stones. It bears the date 

 A.D. 1736. The same society continued its generous contributions 

 of books to the Museum Library. 



Mr. William J. Chalmers, of Chicago, presented fifteen specimens 

 of placer gold, of historic interest due to their having been mined 

 during the great California gold rush of 1849. 



From Mr. Frank Buck the Museum received gifts of a large 

 king cobra, an East Indian monitor, and two iguanas. 



An unusual collection of zinc and lead ores having the appearance 

 of cave deposits, coming from the Embree Mines of Tennessee, was 

 presented by Mr. Seymour Wheeler in the name of his father, the 

 late Mr. Charles P. Wheeler, of Chicago. 



From R. Bensabott, Inc., Chicago, there was received a most 

 attractive statuette carved in the semi-precious stone called "tiger- 

 eye" or crocidolite. 



The bequest of Dr. Berthold Laufer's personal library of more 

 than 5,000 volumes, to which reference has already been made, is 

 one of the most important Library accessions in years. 



A collection of snakes, lizards, frogs and turtles of Yucatan was 

 received from Mr. E. Wyllys Andrews IV, of Chicago, and from Mr. 

 H. St. J. Philby, of Mecca, Arabia, came a collection of 1,281 insects. 



From the estate of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Ayer there 

 was received, as a bequest, a collection of eighteen notable examples 

 of North American Indian blankets. An excellent example of a 

 Chinese mandarin coat was presented by Mrs, Frank S. Johnson, of 

 Pasadena, California, daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Ayer. 



