Mr. John McLure 15th. June 



A Ball of Hair, found in the Stomach of an Ox at Tortola. 



Mr. J. Dullas 



2 Specimens of Marble from Rhode Island, containing a 



portion of asbestos. 



Dr. D. Ramsay 



ToolAi of a Mare, with a Letter from Chancellor James 



Mr. Clitherall 

 Chinese Lady's Shoes 



Mr. John White 

 Pair of East India Slippers 



Mr. Poinsett 

 Specimens of Volcanic productions from Etna & Vesuvius 

 & Crystal &c, from Mont Blanc 



Dr. Dalcho 23d March 1805 



Ornaments worn in the upper lip & round the ankle & 

 wrists by the female Negroes of the Eastern Coast of Africa 

 & an Assaygar used by the Men. 



Skull & Tusks of a Wild Hogg, who perished by their 

 growing into his jaws, from the Plantation of Colo. Deveaux 

 on the Island of Little St. Salvador. 



Sundry Articles from the River St. John on the Grain 

 Coast of Africa by Mr. Lov/e May 1808. ' 



The next record of this collection is found in the minutes of 

 the quarterly meetings of the Library society for the 15th. 

 of March and the 21st. of June 1815, as follows — 



"On motion Resolved, that it be referred to the Book 

 Committee, to report on the expediency of giving to the Phi- 

 losophical & Literary Society the collection of natural curi- 

 osities belongirg to the Library Society, together with the 

 cases containing them." 



"The Book Conimittee also Report in favour of giving to 

 the Philoscphical Society, the Natural Curiosities belonging 

 to this Society, together with the cases containing them." 



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