BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 69 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 



Africa : — 



Four implements from the Drift at Caversham ; presented 

 by Dr. Stevens. 



A polished stone celt from the Thames and a stone hammer 

 from Stone, Staffordshire ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Scrapers of chert, struck from the same block, found in a 

 tomb of the 4th Dynasty near the pyramid of Medum, Egypt; 

 presented by H. Martyn Kennard, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



A series of objects from Morocco ; others from the Congo, 

 pottery from the Niger, and specimens from Eastern Africa ; 

 presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A woman's veil from Cairo ; presented by J. Edge Parting- 

 ton, Esq., F.R.G.S. 



A Bechuana necklace of di^cs of ostrich egg shell ; presen- 

 ted by H. Syer Cuming, Esq. 



3. Ethnography of Asia : — 



A tobacco pipe made from a leaf from Mirzapur ; pre- 

 sented by Henry Balfour, Esq. 



A Tatar bow and a Chinese pipe; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A spinning-top made from a cone shell, from the Persian 

 Gulf ; presented by J. Theodore Bent, Esq. ,f ~^ 



A Siamese silver neck-ring, a pair of Chinese spectacles, 

 a mud figure from Tientsin, pair of towing sandals, and an 

 adze and plane from Japan, and a pellet bow ; presented by 

 J. Edge Partington, Esq. 



Two armlets and a comb from Java, presented by H. 0. 

 Forbes, Esq. F.z.s. 



4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia : — 

 Fishhook from Danger Island ; presented by the Rev. W. 



Wyatt Gill, ll.d. 



A considerable series of objects from various islands, in- 

 cluding a large number of stone implements from the Chatham 

 Islands, and two feather capes from the Hawaiian Islands ; 

 presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Two musical instruments from Guadalcanar, Solomon Group,, 

 and hooks and lines from Nukufetau, Ellice Group ; presented 

 by C. Morris Woodford, Esq. 



A series of objects from German New Guinea, obtained by 

 exchange with the Munich Museum ; and a belt from Hum- 

 boldt Bay, obtained by exchange with the Zoological Society 

 of Amsterdam. 



A paddle from Humboldt Bay, specimens from the Loyalty 

 0.108. F Islands, 



