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Small Gourds, covered with Net-work, on the 

 mesh-knots of which are strung a kind of Black Ber- 

 ries, that produce a sound similar to castinets. They 

 are used by the Africans wlien they dance. 



An African C//«77?i, called Pettish, consisting of a 

 Ruju's Horn, to which is suspended a brass chain and 

 bell. This is worn round the neck, and is imagined 

 by the wearer to charm or drive away evil and tor- 

 menting spirits, and preserve life. It was taken from 

 the breast of a black man engaged in battle, by Cap- 

 tain Clarke, of the ship Roebuck, of Liverpool, who 

 presented it to the Museum. 



Specimen of African Cloth, made of grass. 

 A curious Sleepiiig Net, or Hammock, from Africa; 

 presented by Captain Roberts, of Liverpool. 



WORKS OF ART. 



Beautiful Equestrian Model of Edivard the Black 

 Prijice in Armour, finely executed by Mr. G. Bul- 

 lock of Liverpool. 



Portrait of Mrs. Siddons in Queen Catherine, and 

 Mr, Kenihle in Coriolanus, by ditto. 



Capital Group of Figures, representing the Progress 

 of Inebriety ; 



A Blind Beggar, led by a Child ; 



Frederick the Great in his last illness ; 



And, a Dead Christ. 



