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A Wooden Bow ; also Sixteen Arrows made of reeds, with wooden 

 points : from the Guaranee Indians of South America. 



An Arrow with a chert point : from Terra del Fuego. 



A Bone Fishhook : from Puget Sound. 



An Idol made of bone : from the Kingsmill group of islands in the 

 South Pacific Ocean. 



An Idol in the forbi of a bird, made of terra cotta, found in the ruins 

 near Isabel in Guatemala. 



An Earthen Pipe, obtained from the natives residing on the banks of the 

 Amazon river, eighty or ninety miles above the city of Para in Brazil. 



An Ostrich Egg, with a description on its surface, in raised letters, of the 

 Oriental Republic of Oruguay. This effect is produced by writing on the 

 egg with melted beeswax, or any other substance not affected by acids, 

 and then placing it in vinegar . 



A Piece of Tappa Cloth. 



A Strainer, made of bark, from Africa. 



Two sets of Bangles (18) : ornaments made of seadi^Ils, and worn upon 

 the arms and ankles by females in the East Indies. 



A Cjhinese Chopstick, used in eating. 



A Chinese Cannon-ball, made of stone : picked up at one of the Bogue 

 forts near Canton. 



