*' human bone; and the handle, which was polished, 

 *' consisted of the greater part of the os humeri (bone 

 " of the upper arm) of a chief, called Mahowra ; 

 *' he had belonged to the neighbouring island of Oa- 

 *' hoo; and in an hostile descent he made upon this 

 " coast had been killed by Oteeha, who was then 

 *' king of Otowai. His bones were in this manner 

 ** carried about by Oreieemo-horauee, as trophies of 

 " her father's victory. The mother and daughter set 

 *' a great value upon it, and were not willing to part 

 " with it for any of our iron ; but Tomataherei hap- 

 *' pening to cast her eye upon a wash-hand basin of 

 *' mine, which was^of queen's ware, it struck her 

 *' fancy, and she oliered to exchange. I accepted 

 *' of her proposal, and the bones of the unfortunate 

 "' Mahowra came at last into my possession/' 



P. — An Under Garment, made of the bark of the 

 Touta or Cloth-tree, curiously decorated, from the 

 Sandwich Islands ; presented by the Rev. Doctor 

 Clarke. ' 



Q,. and R. — Tivo Caps from Africa ; one made of 

 grass, which, for fineness of workmanship and regu- 

 larity of pattern, exceeds any thing of the kind of 

 European manufacture. What must appear wonder- 

 ful in this work of art is, that it is knit with wooden 

 sticks after the manner of stockings. 



The one marked R, was presented by Captain, 

 Campbell, and is made of the fibres of bark. 



In the other Case of South Sea articles is the upper 

 part of the Chief Mourner's Dress of Ceremony at 

 the Funerals of Otaheite. The part worn over the 

 face is of large plates of mother- o'-pearl shell fas- 

 tened together with fibres of the cocoa nut : opposite 

 the right eye is a hole for the purpose of seeing 

 through; the edges of the face-plates are bordered' 

 with the long tail-feather of the tropic bird, and 



