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A donkey bridle^ from Western Africa, by J. J. Rider. 

 A seat^ used by native chiefs at West Africa, from Israel 

 T. Howe. A dnim and a model of a vessel in imitation of 

 some European craft, both constructed by the natives of Wes- 

 tern Africa, from Justin Rideout. Part of the dress, such as 

 is worn only by the headmen of the country of Angola ; also, 

 their cap called Mafoura, by Mrs. F. Moulton. A rude car- 

 tridge box, of leopard's skin, made and used by the natives of 

 Western Africa, from John F. Brooks. A Malay creis, from 

 W. G. Webb. A wooden spoon, curiously carved, from Sa- 

 maula • also, shoes from Bagdad, by H. F. Shepard. Mask 

 and dress used by the ladies of Muscat, by Mrs. John C. Very- 

 Specimens of cloth made by the Goby nation, by C. F. Wil- 

 liams. War spears from Fejee islands, by W. J. Chever 

 and P. D. Allen. Stone adze from New Zealand, by John 

 Chadwick. Combs, baskets, mats, fishing nets and fish 

 hooks, cloth, &c. &c., in all a large and valuable collection, 

 from the Fejee Islands, by John B. Williams. Coins of 

 various denominations, from James Dalrymple, S. R. Masury, 

 and from Walter C. Smith of New York. Bills of the old '■^con- 

 tinental money, '^ from Mrs. Oliver Parsons, James B. Curwen, 

 and from others. Indian (^Aboriginal). Gouges, from E.S. 

 Waters. Engravings from William Manning. View of the 

 "Meeting House" of the First Church in Salem, which was 

 erected in 1718 and taken down in 1826, from an original 

 design by the late Jonathan Webb, enlarged and copied in 

 India ink by Miss M. H. Ward in 1827. 



To the Natural History Department. For comparative 

 anatomy : Skull of a Paraguay Indian (as is supposed) pick- 

 ed up at the Rio Gonsales, from Dr. Peter Bourse of Geneva, 

 N. Y. Indian Skidl from Illinois, by B. F. Stedman of 

 Milburne, 111. Indian Skull from California, by W. R. Waters. 

 Skulls, antlers, &c. &c., of various species of bears, leopards, 

 and ruminants of the East Indies ; likewise a specimen of the 

 Gavial of the River Ganges, by James B. Higginson of Bos- 

 ton. Skidls of several species of the Ruminants of Zanzibar, 



