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tions of Mr. Chatelain liave been in western Africa, and from that 

 region the Musenni lias received from him mamnuils, ethnohjgical ob- 

 jects, coins, textiles and foods, rocks, shells, fossils, insects, marine 

 objects, reptiles, birds' nests, a specimen of hair taken from the head 

 of a McBamba negro, and many articles nsed in the daily life of the 

 natives. 



Capt. Frank (kirling, of the rfoseph S. Spinney, in a recent voyage, 

 found a dugout adrift about 210 miles off the Pelew or Paloa Islands 

 in the western Pacific Ocean. The boat contained 7 men, who had 

 started from the Pelew Islands on a fishing cruise. They Avere over- 

 taken by a storm and drifted out to sea, and were rescued by Capt. 

 Curling. The dugout was forwarded to the Museum by Capt. S. A, 

 Day, TJ. S. Army, Fort Mason, San Franc^isco, Cal., and attracts much 

 attention. 



Mr. E. M, Bartleman, of the United States Legation at Caracas, 

 Venezuela, has continued his interest in the Museum. He has trans- 

 mitted, as the results of his explorations, through Prof. O. T. Mason, 

 some very interesting and valuable objects, anK)ng which are speci- 

 mens of pottery from the Island of Gran Roque, stone implements, 

 insects, shells, specimens of salt from the Salt Lakes of Cumana, a 

 snake, gourds, and Cicada", used for medicinal purposes. 



Mr. J. P. Iddings, of the IT. S. Geological Survey, collected for the 

 Museum on the island of Lipari, Mediterranean Sea, a volcanic bomb, 

 and a specimen of basalt with inclusion of vitrified sandstone, found 

 after the Etna eruption of 1.S86. 



JVIr. I. C. Kussell, of the IT. S. Geological Survey, has added to thc^ 

 collection, as a result of his recent explorations, faulted pebbles from 

 Pinnacle Pass, Mt. St. Elias, Alaska,; specimens of iron ore from 

 Michigan and Alabama, coal from Vancouver Island, and ethnological 

 objects from Alaska. 



Lieut. Charles F. Pond, IT. S. Navy, during his travels in Guatemala, 

 collected and sent to the Museum specimens of grasshoppers and fire- 

 Hies. 



Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the Museum start", while on an exploring trip in 

 Ari/.ona, collected for the Museum many valuable specimens of natural 

 history. Mr. Jouy is now in Mexico engaged in similar work. 



The U. S. Fish Conmiissiou contributed to the Museum several new 

 and valuable collections of fishes gathered by the steamer Albatross on 

 the Pacific and by the schooner Grampus on the Atlantic coast. 



Mr. Barton A. IJean, of the Museum staff, made a brief trip to Cape 

 St. Charles, Virginia, for the purpose of collecting the fishes of that 

 locality. He succeeded in obtaining several interesting specimens. 



liev. A. C. Goode, now traveling in Africa, has signified his intention 

 to aid the Museum in the collection of ethnological material. 



Hon. J. M. Crawford, consul-general at St. Petersburg, Russia, has 

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