London, British Afnseuin. 



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taining the skull of a chief of Rubiana; around the skull are 

 rings of Tridacna shell. i6 Choice spears. 



New Caledo7iia . 

 5 Disk clubs of greenstone or jade. 4 Jade adzes. 5 Short- 

 handled adzes. 2 Long-head adzes. Death Mask, in poor con- 

 dition. 2 Kapa mallets. 2 Corded calabashes. Slings, pouches 

 and sling-stones galore. Fish net with .shell sinkers. Many 

 clubs. Club of great diameter. Club of the bird-bill form but 

 double like a pickaxe. 



N'ezv Hebrides. 

 3 Santa Cruz fishing floats. 4 lyooms. Large human figure. 

 Clubs of common form. Banks Lsland kite made of palm leaf. 

 Fig. 69. From same group long wooden bowls 

 and 2 obsolete dresses described b}' Codrington.* 



Mici'onesia . 

 2 Suits Gilbert Islands armor. 2 G.I. Cuirasses. 

 2 Gauntlets armed with shark teeth. Human 

 figure in wood about 15 inches high, Pleasant 

 Island. Ualan loom of rude form. Swords 

 and knives of shark teeth in great number. 

 Kusaien sword in bone and shark teeth. Nuku- 

 laelae club or axe with blade of turtle bone. 

 Rope of plaited human hair. Caroline Islands 

 mat bed. 3 Coconut fibre and 3 fish skin caps 

 from Gilbert Islands. 



New Ireland. 



t-ig. 69. 



7 Chalk figures, not remarkable. Wooden fiddle (New Britain), 



From Australia and New Guinea there are man}^ specimens, 

 but none uncommon or not to be found in most good colledlions, 

 were seen. Among other most interesting things examined in this 

 great museum by the kindness of Mr. O. M. Dalton, were the vol- 

 umes of original drawings of the Cook Voyages, among them sev- 

 eral pen and ink sketches by the great Captain himself. Good 

 copies of the most important drawings relating to the Hawaiian 

 Islands are in the Bishop Museum. Another capital thing noticed 

 here is the very skilful! way in which Mr. Dalton keeps his book 



*The Melanesians, p. io8, '' Malo-saru" . 



O.P.— B.P.B.M. 



