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blances, and to have an idea of the nature of a certain number of 

 articles which must have been made and used by the primitive people 

 of our own countries, but which the destroying action of long ages 

 has prevented from coming dowai to us. 



A. North America. — Thirteen arrow heads of flint, found upon 

 the banks of the Ohio, and precisely like those of Europe in the age 

 of stone. 



Arrows, with their shafts. 



Two pipes, one of them from Canada. 



A saddle, in cloth. 



Moccasins and a cap. 



A basket of the Esquimaux of the coast of Labrador. 



B. Antilles. — A fan from the island of Cuba. 



Five arrows entirely of wood, from the island of St. Croix. 



C. South America. — The hammock, or cot, of a Brazilian chief. 

 It is composed of stuff and decorated with garlands of feathers. 



D. Society islands. — Stuffs in bark and Otaheitan paper. 



E. Friendly islands. — A fly-flap; a club of carved wood; a 

 basket. 



F. New Caledonia.-^A club of carved wood; two scalping instru- 

 ments, one of stone, the other of hard wood; a bag for sling-stones. 



G. East Indies — Asia. — Six arrows, with iron heads. 



A sagaye, (African assagai,) a kind of spear for either thrusting with 

 the hand or hurling from it. 



A sandal wood necklace, from Bengal. 



H. China. — A large parasol and shoes. 



I. Senegal — Africa. — A bow and a quiver containing fifty arrows, 

 with iron points or heads. 



K. Articles from countries unmentioned. — Two aprons to con- 

 ceal the nakedness of women; two fans; stuffs; a purse; seven woven 

 baskets; seven vases, made of calabashes; an oar; two slings; a bow; 

 several arrows; four casse fetes, or tomahawks; and two hatchets, in 

 serpentine, which give an idea of the manner in which this instru- 

 ment was furnished with its handle in the olden time. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The foregoing details will show that the collections of antiquities 

 and ethnology are not w^ithout considerable value, although there 

 are some very important blanks yet to be filled up. 



