296 LIST OJ? DONATIONS 



Collection of Minerals (about 75), chiefly from Caldbeck Fella, Cum- 

 berland; Lead, Copper, Iron, etc. N. C. Cookson, Esq. 

 Specimen of Crocidolite, from South Africa. Afr. Wm. Dinning. 

 Two specimens of best class of Irish Peat, from Co. Antrim. 



Mrs. Grist, Westmorland Road. 

 Specimen of Hornblendic Slate, Borrowdale, from Scaw Fell. 



Mr. John Burnup,jun. 

 Two specimens of Iron Ore (Limonite). 



Mr. Waldie, Doddington, per Rev. R. F. Wheeler. 

 1887. A specimen of Old Red Conglomerate, from Rothsay, Bute. 



Mr. Geo. Harhus. 

 Relics from the Gateshead Fire, 1854, consisting of stalactites of 

 Sulphur, and specimens of Galena which were formed during 

 the fire by combination of molten lead and sulphur. 



Mr. John Hancock. 

 Collection of Iron, Quartz, and several other minerals, collected in 

 Cornwall by Mr. A. Leslie, April, 1887. 



A. Leslie, Esq., Coxlodge. 



Fine crystallised specimen of Copper Pyrites, from Thornford, near 



Keswick. Richd. Howse. 



Slab of Slate, with dendritic mai'kings, from Dinorwig Quarries, 



Llanberis, North Wales. Mr. R. E. James. 



ETHNOLOGICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. 



1878. An Ancient Vase, from Athieno, Island of Cyprus. 



Lieut. Greenhow, R.N., H.M.S. " Orontes.'^ 

 1880. An Ancient Urn, found between Camss and Pozzuoli, near Naples. 



J. J. M. Richardson, Esq., High Warden. 



1884. Two fine old Oak Tables for the Committee Room. 



Mrs. Mountain, St. Mary''s Terrace. 

 Bronze copy of Faun, from Naples Museum. 



Mr. Roht. Rohson, Kensington Terrace. 



1885. Earthen Lamp, from the old silver mines, Larium, Greece. 



Mr. E. L. de Hart. 

 Pair of Lady's High-heeled Shoes of the present century. 



Lady Armstrong. 

 Stone used in weighing Lead Ore, from Nether Hurth Lead Mine, 

 on the Tees, Westmorland. Used for weighing a poke of lead 

 ore = one cwt. ; eight pokes = a bing. 



Mr. J. H. Robinson, 232, Westgate Road. 

 Sixteen specimens of Roman Antique Pottery and one Bronze Lamp. 



Mr. R. Y. Green. 



