336 THOMAS THOMSEN. 
That Mr. THALBITZER regards the objects shown in Fig. 241 as 
“surely”? belonging to the Нотм collection is hardly to be wondered at, 
since the implements in question are drawn in Plate XIX of Horm's 
“Ethnologisk Skizze”. On the other hand, his doubt as regards Fig. 190 
is unfounded, which is just as well, in view of the fact that Нотм’; name 
appears here, not only beneath the illustration, but also in the text. 
Of the remainder, the greater part, viz; Figs. 172b, 314c, 314d, 
315b, 315c, and 327b, belong to С. Ryper’s collection, Fig. 334 is from 
that of JoHAN PETERSEN, while Nos. 273 and 309 represent objects 
brought in during the years 1849—54. 
Doubts having thus arisen as to the correctness of the descriptions 
given, the Museum authorities found it advisable to go through the whole 
list of the objects stated as belonging to the Horm collection", which 
piece of work was amply justified by the results. It was found that 
the Author ought, as a matter of fact, to have included in his “doubtful” 
category a great deal more than the ten items to which he refers. True, 
this would have involved the necessity of expanding the note in question 
to an inconvenient length, since the items attributed to Ногм include, 
in actual fact: 
79 objects brought home by С. RyDER in 1892. This considerable 
collection, numerically superior to Horm's, can hardly have been un- 
known to Mr. THALBITZER — RYDER's name is mentioned оп р. 325 — 
he appears, however, to have disregarded it altogether save when bor- 
rowing therefrom large quantities of material which he ascribes to the 
Hom collection. 
44 objects collected at different times by JoHAN PETERSEN. 
13 belonging to the proceeds of W. THALBITZER’s voyage in 1905— 
06, making about one-eighth of that collection. And this moreover, despite 
the fact that the Editor must be supposed to have had a certain ac- 
quaintance with the objects in question, since he gives a list of them 
on p. 752. 
2 brought home by Pastor С. Ваттег, 1 anonymously con- 
tributed in 1894; 10 dating from the years 1838—65 and 2 from 
1881. 
We thus find that no less than 151, or two-fifths of the total 
number of objects attributed to Ногм, are in reality derived 
from other collections. 
Here and there, it is true, the Author is at some pains to be more 
exact, in the figures marked “Нотм and later collections”. 
This designation, however, certainly appears somewhat remarkable 
when, as in Fig. 352, it applies to but a single object, this being, more- 
over, from С. RYDER's collection. It is equally misleading in the case 
1 In a few instances it has proved impossible to identify the objects as shown 
in the illustrations; possibly some of them may not be from the National 
Museum at all. 
