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Mr. Fuller and Mr. Beasley are no careless gatherers of specimens or curi- 

 osities. Their specimens are selected with great care and their history and 

 provenance sought industriously: 



Large collection of carved Maori feather-boxes. Several good Fijian 

 clubs, 2 extra large pineapple clubs, splendid Fijian club of unusual type, 

 large and good collection of fish-hooks. Maori patu of iron painted green, 

 a fair set of heitiki, 2 Maori flutes. Very large, carved 

 Fijian pillow. Cachelot-teeth necklace from Fiji, the larg- 

 est seen. Shark's teeth sword with lateral rows of teeth 

 extending half the length of the blade. From the Pelew 

 Islands a table, bowl and carved earrings. Awa bowl. The 

 New Zealand collection was especially fine. 



A little farther away from London was the very interest- 

 ing collection of Mr. J. Edge-Partington. In this, besides 

 many things from the Solomon Islands, were the following: 



Fijian yaqona bowl, 33 in. in diameter ; 3 Marquesan 

 clubs ; Maori trumpet, better carved than any other seen. 

 New Guinea carved wood head in which to keep pubic 

 hairs. A magnificent Solomon Islands ring of shell, pre- 

 senting a circular section: this ring was of unusual size. 



CAMBRIDGE (England). Baron Anatole von Hiigel, 

 240. KITE. Director. The new Ethnological Museum will probably 



be ready for occupation by the time this report is issued. 



Hawaiian Islands. Ring poi-pounder, several of common form, kupee 

 hula ilio, stone adzes, kupee of boar-tusks ; huewai pawehe, small but good. 

 Several other Hawaiian things are packed for removal to new quarters. 



Marquesas Islands. Several clubs, 2 stilt rests, carved box, several 

 ornaments. 



Society Islands. A stone temple lamp with Rev. George Bennett's 

 label on it, and precisely like the four in the British Museum (Fig. 229). 



Tongan Islands. Many fine clubs, several bowls, 3 paddles. 



Samoan Islands. Two Nautilus shell frontlets, many good clubs, 

 stone adzes, several combs. 



Hervey Islands. Six ceremonial carved paddles and a ceremonial staff. 



Rapanui or Easter Island. Carved lizard, double paddle; gorget of 

 wood, usual crescent shape; human figure. 



New Zealand. Canoe model; bailer, broken; 3 carved kumete, mo- 

 koed head of good quality, carved funnel for feeding chief during the process 

 of moko; flax-pounder with head carved on the stone handle; 3 mere of bone, 

 1 of jade, 3 of carved wood; patu of bone and a small one of wood; 3 tewha- 

 tewha, carved whistle or fife, 2 carved small whistles, 3 paddles, prow and 

 stern of war-canoe, jade adze in carved handle, 9 heitikis of jade, 2 jade 

 ornaments, bone heru or comb; 5 earrings of jade, 2 of carved bone; large 

 bowl, chief's staff. 



Fijian Islands. Sixty knobbed clubs, 4 inlaid; 25 pineapple, 10 lotus, 



60 musket, 55 round, 35 throwing, 50 miscellaneous; 28 paddles, one bound 



with sennit, seventeen carved; 70 spears, some finely carved ; 84 pots, one 



tripod, three tortoise-shaped, two cooking; 20 carved wood pillows, 15 kapa- 



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