494 FOURTH BULLETIN OF [1845. 



Box of Turkish curiosities. — From Dr. Boyd Reillij. 



Bottle, Grapes and Guava of South America. — From Miss M. N. 



Simmons. 

 Bronze Statue (caricature) of iM. Fratin, sculptor. — From 

 Box containing Medal of General Lafaj-elte, by AI. Gatteaux ; ten 



large Medals, Six Medals, Five Medallions, by M. Galle. 

 Collection of Engravings, &c. — From AuTandre Vattemare. 

 Pod, leaf, iiower, and silk, of a Silk Plant, with a description 



of its culture in Louisiana. — From Robert {nison, Editor of the 



Planters' Banner, Franklin, Attakapas, Ijouisimm. 

 Package of specimens from the Gold Mines of Brazil, sent by Dr. 



lldefonso Gomez, through H. A. Wise, American Minister in 



Brazil. 

 Box, containing specimens of the Tripoli Vegetable Silk and Silk 



Plant, and seed for distribution. — From D. S. Macaulcy, U. S. 



Consul, Tripoli. 

 Box, containing Skin, Horns, &c., of a large Moose Elk. — From 



Lt. Thorn, U. S. Top ograjy Ideal Engineer Corps. 

 Box, containing the following curiosities, collected by Capt. Cooke, 



U. S. A., during a late expedition to the Rocky Mountains, and 



described in his letter Sept. 9, 1845. — From Captain P. St. Geo. 



Cooke, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons. 



1 . Collection of Dried Flowers and Plants. 



2. Collection of Mineralogical specimens, &c. 



3. Portion of Stem of Arteraesia, six inches in diameter. 



4. Horns and SliuU cf Chamois, or Big Horn, (a small specimen, but weigh- 



ing eighteen pounds.) 



5. Portion of scalp of Buffalo Bull, (a most curious and distinctive speci. 



men.) 



6. Horned Frog, (alive.) 



7. Mammoth Tooth of some e.xtinct animal found in a clay bank on a branch 



of the Blue River, a tributary of the Kanzas. 



Collection of Minerals, Fossils, he, from the Oregon Territory. — 

 From Charles Saxton. 



Two boxes, containing valuable Books, Medals, Medallions, Statues, 

 &;c., from different branches of the French Government, and 

 eminent men of France. — Sent by M. Vattemare, Paris, under 

 the care of Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Baltimore. 



Box, containing Shells from Western Africa. — From Rev. Thomas 

 Savage, Missionary Cape Puhnas, fV. Africa. 



Box, containing a very large and valuable framed Picture ; subject, 

 View of Constantinople as it was several hundred years ago ; 

 auth.pr unknown ; purchased in Rome, at the sale of Cardinal 

 Fiesche's collections, by Thomas Lloyd Halsey — From Thomas 

 Lloyd Halsey. 



Two boxes, containing objects of natural history, viz: Plants, Fos- 

 sils, he, of the Banda Oriental. — From R. M. Hamilton, U. S. 

 Consul, Monte Video. 



