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10 Gold Coin, Mahmoiid 2d, 30 Piastres. 



11 Gold Coin, Mahiiioiid 2d, 5 Piastres. 



12 Turkish aspres and Paras, of various dynasties, (all extremely rare \ 



13 Turkish Coins, Mahmoud 2d. 



14 Specimens of the material forming the mosaic work of the dome of St. Sophia, 



built by Constantino the Great. 



One Inindred and fifteen speciniens Crustacea, Fisli, &.c., (many 

 very rare,) collected by Charles De Selding, in Brazil and China, 

 as Ibllovvs — From Dr. William Brown, Fredericksburg, Va. 



Thirty-five species, and forty-nine specimens, of Crustacea, of the following ge- 

 nera : Palenvrus, Mysis, Squilla, Ibacus, Scyllarns, Pagurus, ^c, cj-c. 



Twenty-six species, and si.xty-two specimens, prepared Fishes, of the followino- 

 genera: Exocetus, Hippocampus, Tftradon, ^-c, ^-c, cj-c. " 



Also several species of Asterias, &c. 



Three packages ; 1st, Cranium and hands of a Chimpauzee, or Otirang Outano-, 

 of Africa ; rope made from a peculiar grass on the gold coast. " 



2d, Black and blue cloths of Africa, one of cotton, made of the native material, 

 (Gossipium ;) the other from grass of native dyes, made at St. Andrews, or Cape 

 Lohoo, 180 miles from Cape Palmas. 



3d, Native African Pipe, made at Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee. 



Box, containing Bituminous Coal of Virginia, apparently changing 

 from charcoal to stone coal ; specimen of Clay, suitable for°fire 

 brick, and said to be of a superior quality ; two portraits of Indians, 

 framed— 1st, John M. Quincy, a leading man among the Stock- 

 bridge Indians; 2d, Joseph Porus, a Penobscot Chief; two pipes 

 oftheSacand Fox Indians; Indian Biographies and Portraits, 

 Vols. 14, 15, 16, and \l.~From, Hon. James Madison Porter, 

 Secretary of War. 



Three Shilling Note of New Jersey, of George III, March 25, 1776; 

 a Cent,_ Washington, 1783.— From /o/m P. Bethell, M. D., Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Engraved Impressions of certain Brass Plates, found in an ancient 

 mound, near Kinderhook, Pike County, Illinois, covered with hie- 

 roglyphics, &IC.—H. Peake, Hannibal, Illinois. 



Copper Coin of Virginia, 1113.— From J. H. Causten, .Tr., M. D. 



Indian Axe, of Stone, (very fine,) found in a mound in Fairfax 

 County, Virginia.— From Washington 7'errctt, Esq., by the hands 

 of Major T. P. Andrews. 



Three Notes, Baltimore money, 1840, sent by mail. — Anonymous. 



Seven Boxes, containing Copper Ores, and other Geological speci- 

 mens ; a pair of Live Eagles; Mass of Native Copper, from On- 

 tanagon Kwer.—From Hon. J. M. Porter, Secretary of War. 



Ear of Corn, in form of a hand and arm. — From B. B. French. 



Indian Arrow-head, from Virginia.— From Mr. Thornberry. 



Box of Shells, and bottle of Fish, from Vermont.— i'Vow Mr. 

 Thompson, by Hon. E. Marsh. 



Collection of Minerals, from Louisville, Kentucky.— F/-07?i T. E. 

 Brown. 



Piece of the Royal George, taken up from Spithead, in 1842.— 



From Dr. Bartlctt, by R. R. Waldron, U. S. Navy. 

 Nut of the Vegetable Ivory 1\ee, from the Island of New Guinea ; 



