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of accessions, making a pen sketch of the article entered. Where 

 Curators are able to do this no better system has been devised. 

 The accomplished Diredlor C . H . Read , Esq . gave me every facility 

 for examination and stud>-. 



From London a short excursion was made to Cambridge. 

 Back of the Fitzwilliam Museum, reached by a narrow lane squeezed 

 out ot the edge of a churchyard, is the Archaeological Museum, 

 and in a side room of this is the finest collection of Fijian articles 

 in any museum. This was made by Baron von Hiigel who was 

 most kind in explaining the specimens and offering the hospitality 

 of his pleasant home. The hope may properly be expressed here 

 that Baron von Hiigel will soon publish the results of his careful 

 investigations in \'itian ethnology. The following list includes the 

 most noteworthv contents of this museum: 

 Fiji. 

 52 Clubs knobbed, 3 of them inlaid, 10 bound with sennit; 23 

 Pine-apple; 8 Lotus, a variety of musket; 58 Musket; 47 Round; 

 28 Throwing. 28 Paddles, one bound with net, 17 carved. 65 

 Spears finely carved, some bound with sennit. 84 Pots, i tripod, 

 3 tortoise-shaped, 2 cooking pots. 16 Car\-ed wood pillows; an- 

 other carved with a human leg. 13 Kapa beaters, all ribbed. 

 Many decorated bambus. 18 Cannibal forks, one the original of 

 the figure on the cover of Miss Gordon Cumings' "P'^iji". 9 Nose 

 flutes. 3 Bambu marking rolls. 4 Shark hooks. Netting 

 needles. 13 Collars of whale teeth. 49 Dishes of carved wood. 

 5 Yaqona bowls. 8 Fish hooks. 3 Trumpets of Triton shell. 

 8 Sets of tatuing implements. 3 Upete of leaves; i of wood. 2 

 Girdles of Oliva shells. Necklace of ivory human figures 

 (Alaska?). 41 Oil dishes. 9 Combs of carved wood. 5 Shell 

 gorgets. 33 Wooden dishes on stand. 3 Yaqona strainers. 

 Yaqona cups in great number. 3 Coconut cups with coir wipers 

 attached. 2 Canoe models. 12 Fans, common forms. 5 Wigs 

 of human wool, 2 of them bleached. Model of "Devil House". 

 Baskets and satchels of many forms. 6 Fringe dresses and many 

 others of less size. Kapa sulas, not remarkable. Many stone 

 adzes. 



Hawaiian Islands. 

 Ring Poi pounder; several of common form. iV number of stone 



