82 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



aiidn, in IS.")!*, presented by Mr. Heli Obatelam, of Viiielaud, N. J.; 

 manuscripts, drawings, letters, etc., comprising the "Vail papers" rel- 

 ative to tlie invention and early api)lication of the telegraph, received 

 from the American Historical Association; autograph manuscripts, 

 glass pitclier, wineglasses, silver cake-basket, and other relics of Gen. 

 Washington; a collection of 20 Chinese musical instruments, obtained 

 by Dr. Julius Neumann; 240 colored plates, illustrating the forest Hora 

 of the United States, received from the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 motion of Agriculture; model of the vessel Balf Moon^ received from 

 William J. Boyd, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; a model of a Burmese canoe, re- 

 ceived from Dr. John Bartlett, of Chicago, 111.; the electro-magnetic 

 engine for producing reciprocating motion by magnetic attraction and 

 rei)ulsion, invented and constructed by Pr<)f. Jose]»h Henry in 1831 

 (this being one of the lirst ax)plications of electricity for producing 

 ])ower), deposited by Miss Mary Henry; a collection of incandescent 

 lamps, switc'hes, and other apparatus used in 18.S1 in one of the earliest 

 electric-light plants m America, transmitted by the Hinds-Ketcham 

 Company of Brooklyn, N. Y.; a complete collection of the woods of the 

 Argentine Eepublic, presented by the Museode I'roductos Argentinos, 

 Buenos Ayres. 



GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS 

 RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR. 



EAST afru;a. 



Mount Kilima-Njaro and viciniU/. — From Dr. W. L. Abbott, of Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa., lias been received a magnificent collection* of spears, 

 shields, bows, swords, wooden dishes, and personal ornaments of the 

 Wa Chaga and Wasai negroes; insects of all orders, a large collection 

 of birds' skins representing many species, reptiles, and mammals; 

 plants, birds' eggs, shells, and photograi)hic negatives illustrating eth- 

 nological subjects. 



Zanzibar. — From Messrs. Crockett and Harrison, of Bridgeport, Conn., 

 were received two pieces of gum. 



NORTH AFRICA. 



Algiers. — From Mr.'W. W. Rockhill, of Washington, D. C, was re- 

 ceived a pair of Algerian spurs. 



Tnnis. — From Mrs. P^mma S. Brinton, of Washington, D. C, was 

 received in exchange, a pottery lamp of green glaze. 



Mr. Edward Lovett, of Croydon, England, sent in exchange four 



* A catalogue of this collection is published in this volume. 



