Leiden. 3-^ 



Hervey Islands. 

 2 Carved paddles more than six feet long; 2 of common size. 8 

 Ceremonial adzes. 



Marquesas Islands. 

 6 Stilt-rests of fine quality. 2 Stilt-rests with double figures at- 

 tached back to back, uniciue. 2 Paddles. Paddle with twist at 

 the end. Fine club of large size. 



Fiji. 

 Club inlaid with five human molar teeth. Club curiously car\'- 

 ed. 30 Clubs usual forms and quality. 7 Carved spears. Lali 

 or gong of good size and finish. Cannibal fork. Human figure 

 carved in wood. 2 Wigs. 



Admiralty Islands. 

 Wooden dish or box. 2 Obsidian lance-heads. 



Nezv Ireland. 

 Can-ed figures and masks in great number. 7 Masks of human 

 frontal bones. 12 ± Chalk images. 



Nezv Guinea. 

 Fine human figure. 2 Shields, hour-glass form. 2 Shields of 

 heavy wood, round; another curved. Many elaborately carv^ed 

 Koroicaars. Pillows, Drums, — and in short a very large colledl- 

 ion impossible to catalogue in the few hours available owing to 

 its very crowded condition. 



New Caledonia. 

 Death mask. 3 Disk clubs and many of bird-bill and knob form. 



Solomon Islands. 

 Small car\"ed and inlaid food bowl. 2 Clubs Gleichenia covered. 

 Shield inlaid with pearl-shell .squares but much dilapidated. 



At the last moment attention was called to a fine carved Ton- 

 gan club (figured in the Archiv Bd. I. Taf. vii.); Tongan car\^ed 

 rest; large drums and a wood fiddle from New Ireland. No doubt 

 many other things escaped notice in this great collecftion. 



At Brussels vain search was made for a feather cape said to 

 be in the Municipal Museum. 



Berne was the home of Waber ( augliee Webber ), the artist 

 of Cook's third voyage, and to the museum of his native town were 

 bequeathed the many articles he brought home from the Pacific 



O.P.— B.P.B.M. c 



