Za MUSEUMS. 



1 Bridle and Halter, used for re-captured horses. 



1 Pair of Boots made from the hind legs of a cow. 



1 Hide Whip. 



1 Roll of Native-made Plaited Cord. 



2 Bolas. 



2 Wooden Whistles, used by the Indians of the Gran Chaco. 



4 Feather Ear Ornaments, worn by the Indians of the Grau Chaco. 



2 Stone Pounders. 



3 "Bolas" Stones. 



1 Stone Slab and two Circular Flat Stones, used for grinding paint. 



2 Stone Implements. 



1 Brown Terra-cotta Vase. 



2 Shell Breast Ornaments. 



10 Shell Earrings (various sizes), worn by the ludiansof the Gran Chaco. 



3 Cane " Bombillas." 

 1 European Spur. 



1 Stone Pipe-head with European Clay Pipe stem. 



126 Arrow-heads, Scrapers and Borers of various forma in flint, &o. 



1 Primitive Indian Bowl. 



1 Piece of Modern Pottery. 



2 Small Gourds. 



Science Cabinets for Schools. 



These Cabinets, as in previous years, have been distributed in rotation 

 to different Elementary Schools in the City, and also to the Training 

 Colleges for Teachers at Edge Hill, and the College of the Notre Dame, 

 Mount Pleasant. They were overhauled at the beginning of the year, 

 and various improvements made in the character and arrangement of ibo 

 specimens. The contents of each box were made as complete as 

 possible, and labelled much more fully, the idea aimed at being to make 

 each Cabinet illustrative of some important fact in nature or repre- 

 sentative of allied groups of animals or plants. For instance, the 

 specimens in the " Coal " Cabinets were previously named and arranged 

 quite indiscriminately and with no fixed idea. They have now been 

 re-arranged, new specimens added where required, and fully labelled so 

 as to illustrate the vegetable origin of coal, tracing by means of 

 specimens the gradual conversion of purely vegetable matter, first into 

 peat, then into wood-coal or lignite, and so leading up to the tx'ue 



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