244 Donations to the Museum and Library. 



The Society is indebted to the following gentlemen for Donations to the Library 

 and Museum, received since the publication of the last number. 



The Rev. H. Haehis, Winterbourne Bassett : — A small bronze finger ring, with 

 space for stone setting. A bronze dagger seven inches in length. An imple- 

 ment of iron. Bronze buckle ; all found on Winterbourne Bassett Down. 



Mr. Nelson Goddaed : — A small bronze penannular brooch. Two Iloman coins 

 found on AUington Down 1867. 



The EXECUTOKS of the late T. B, Meeeiman, Esq., of 3Iarlhorovgh, have pre- 

 sented a very important addition to the Museum, consisting of the following 

 articles : — From the South Seas — Large stone hatchet. A smaller specimen of 

 the same form and make. Stone club. Two short clubs of hard wood. Small 

 hatchet. Long arrow. Carved paddle. Two war clubs. Carved war club. 

 Wooden spear. Six javelins. Five spears. Sword set with sharks' teeth. Broom. 

 From New Zealand — Preserved head of a tattoed warrior. Carved baton, 

 formed of a branch which has been naturally twisted by the action of a 

 parasitic plant, a tattoed head is carved on the top. Barbed lances and javelins 

 and bone pointed arrows. An aii-ow with Hint head. Three iron headed arrows. 

 Bundle of darts and javelins. Two bone-headed bolts. A " Wampoo " (possibly 

 from Australia), a long "Wampoo." From China and the East Indies — 

 Chinese umbrella. Four bows, one seven feet in length. Metal opium pipe. 

 Chinese boots, shoes, and fans. "Housemaid's broom." (Bombay) Set of "chop- 

 sticks. Steel forceps in case. Dagger. — Pair of Canadian snow shoes. Model 

 of Esquimaux sledge and dogs. Model of Esquiraau_x boat with native man 

 and woman. Nubian hide whip. Stock-whip and leather trappings. Cranium 

 of hyena, ditto of porpoise. Fine specimen of saw fish. Head of llama. 

 Antelope horns, Five pairs of small ditto. Ostrich's eggs. Specimens of 

 snakes and lizards, in spirits. Locust, scorpion, and other insects, in spirits. 

 Large shark's jaw. Skin of boa constrictor. Cast of face of Napoleon, taken 

 after death. Casts of Dalton, Lord Brougham, and Agassiz. 



The Rev. E. H. Sladen : — "On the Shoulder-Girdle, and Sternum in the 

 Vertebrata," by W. K. Parker— Ray Soc, I vol. foL, 1868. Botanical 

 Works of Robert Brown— Ray Soc, 2 vols. , 8vo., 1866—1867. " The Ibex," 

 6 vols., Svo. 



Thomas Bkuges Flowee, Esq. : — Two ancient maps of the city of Bath. 



The Rev. J. Wilkinson, Broughton Gifford: — Ten pamphlets on archaeological 

 subjects. Two Acts of Parliament relating to Wiltshire. 



The Rev. Canon Gkeen well : — Notices of ancient Grave hills in Yorkshire, Svo. 



Transactions, Journals, &c., have been received from the Essex Archaeological 

 Society, 2 Nos. Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society, 

 2 Nos. Somersetshire Archajological and Natural History Society, 1 vol. 

 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 3 parts. 



H. BULL, Printer and Publisher, Devizes. 



