Xclv APPENDIX, 
By Joun Reeves, Esq., M.R.A.S., A.L.S., KC. seeceesscerecsssrerseeerveessteee Dee, 1, 1832. 
Two tail feathers of th Phasiaunus Reevesii. 
A rosary of the Budd hist priests in China, made of the stones of ‘the Pimela Alba 
(Lovr), or Canarium Album (Linn.), usually called the China olive, carved to 
represent the Shih pa lo han, or eighteen disciples of Bupp’1Ha. 
A Japanese box made of plaited bamboo, containing specimens of the edible birds’-nests 
used in China. 
Two bags of Japanese rice, sometimes called ** pincushion ” rice. 
Specimens of Chinese current coin, from A.D, 745 to 1830, with some of the very 
ancient pieces, and some of Cochin China; in all 102 pieces. 
A counting-board, used by the Chinese money changers. 
A box of ornamented China ink. 
Specimen of the tea made for the use of the Emperor of China, which appears to be 
the Pekoe of the Hyson plant. 
A MS. description of the more ancient coins of China; in Chinese. 
Specimen of the brick tea; specimens of various kinds of tea in bunches and balls; 
and four small canisters of tea sold in China at the rate of one dollar each, equal to 
5 gs. per lb. 
Specimen of the plant from which the rice-paper is made (2schynomene Paludosa ?) 
By Sir Epwarp THOMASON, Kt. coc .ccsecececeecserenscsesssesesesesens eeeinueontaae Dee. 1, 1832. 
A section of an elephant’s tusk, with an iron musket-ball lodged in it. 
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The model of a Point de Galle Canoe, fitted with outrigger and bamboo log. 
The model of the Palanquin and bearers of a Ceylonese Mideliar. 
Models in wood, coloured after nature, of the following natives of Ceylon :—1, the 
late King of Kandy; 2, the Queen; 3, a Mideliar; 4, a gentleman; 5, a lady ; 
6, a priest; 7 and 8, Lascoryns with fans; 9, a cultivator; 10, a market-woman ; 
11, a fisherman; 12, a cinnamon-pecler; 13, a blacksmith; 14, toddy-drawer ; 
15, barber; 16, a washerwoman; 17, a maker of Jageri; 18, a Tomtom beater ; 
19, a Chunam maker; 20, Oleah caste; 21, Bodeah caste; 22, a Chittie of Jaffna- 
patam; 23, a Parawa or cloth merchant; 24, a Moorman; 25, a toddy-drawer 
climbing a tree. 
A pouch made of the fibres of the Ola plant, containing Areca nut (4. Catechw), and 
Betel leaf (Piper Betel). 
Two polished sections of the Elephant’s grinder. 
A specimen of Chinese grass-cloth. 
By Sir Tuomas Puituips, Bart., F.R.S., M.R.A.S. «0... csceesceeeeseses+-d0€c, 1, 1832, 
A Papyrus MS. in the enchorial character, mounted and framed. 
Nine small figures in baked earth representing an Egyptian deity with the crook and 
flail. Six of these figures have hieroglyphics over the whole of the front and back ; 
the remaining three haye bands of hieroglyphics down the centre of the front only. 
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A Persian purse, of purple velvet embroidered with gold. 
