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By Lieut.-Col. John Briggs, M.R.A.S. — (Continued.) 

 The Vacker, or scarifier. 



Tlie large Pdmber, or drill plough, used for sowing round grain. 

 The small Pdmber, or drill plough, used for sowing wheat, &c. 

 The Kolpa, or drill hoe. 

 A tiger's tooth and skin. 

 A shark's jaw and vertebrae. 



By Captain Robert Melville Grindlay, M.R.A.S JuneH, 1828. 



A Hindu astronomical instrument in brass. 

 A head of Lacshmi, in brass. 

 Two brass sacrificial cups. 

 A pair of Kattywar shoes. 



By Lieut. -Colonel Pollock Aprill9, 1828. 



A Small Burmese figure of Buddha in a temple, brass. 

 Specimen of a very large bamboo. 



By Sir William Ouseley, Knt., LL.D. M.R.A.S June 28, 1828. 



A piece of black marble, with some cuneiform characters on it from the Takht 1 



Jemshid at Persepolis. 

 A boss, or curl, from one of the figures at the gate of the Takht i Jemshid at 



Persepolis. 

 Some shells and sand from the southern shore of the Caspian. 



By Professor Gotthelf Fischer de Waldheim, F.M.R.A.S July 26, 1828. 



A Mongolian copper coin with the Figure of a lioness on the obverse, and an 

 Arabic inscription on the reverse. 



By Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., K.L.3. M.R.A.S., Governor of 



Bombay /)ec 6^ 1828. 



A mummy from Thebes, in very fine preservation. 



By the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D. M.R.A.S Dec. g 1828. 



The model of a Bana, or Buddhist Oratory, at Kaloowele near Colombo in Ceylon. 

 The model of a Buddhist Temple at Kaloowele. 



By Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq., M.R.A.S Dec. 6 1828. 



Sculptured Figures in Basalt, of the Pancha Buddha Dhyani, or Five Celestial 

 Buddhas worshipped in Nepaul, viz. Vairo-Chana ; Ahshobhya; Eatna-Sambhava ; 

 Aniitahha ; and Amogha-Siddlia. 



By the Literary Society of Madras Dec. 5, 1828.. 



1. A skeleton head of the hippopotamus, shot in the river Treeba in Caffraria. 



2. A dress made of the skin of the wild cat, worn by the Boochooanas. 



3. A dress made of the skin of the jackal, worn by the Boochooanas. 



4. An apron in common use among all the tribes in Southern Africa. 



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