SMITHSOXIAK AKCH-^OLOGICAL COLLECTION. 5 



ished tissues and implements of China and Japan, were procured in the coin-se 

 of explorations undertaken at the expense of the United States Government, 

 as before stated. Among them the circiunnavigation of the globe under the 

 command of Captain AVilkes and Perry's expedition to Japan deserve special 

 mention. 



The following descriptions refer only to the typical objects in the collection. 

 The classification might have been much extended by the introduction of sub- 

 divisions, if the character of this publication had permitted a more exhaustive 

 treatment of the subject. The present condensed account is but the fore- 

 ranner of more minute archseological and ethnological works, which will be 

 published in due time under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. 



