30 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Elint flakes from a cave at Mas d'Azil, Ariege, France ; from M. Filhol, of Toulouse. 



Flints and bones found in a cave at Mentone, near Nice ; from Matthew Moggridge, 

 Esq., F.G. s. 



Flint implements from the County Antrim, Ireland ; from the Rev. W. Mcllwaine. 



A celt from Jersey ; from Professor Tennant, F. G. S. 



Stone implements from Sweden and Denmark ; presented by Professor Sven Nilsson, 

 of Lund ; Professor Japetus Steenstrup and M. Vilhelm Boye, of Copenhagen ; A. W. 

 Franks, Esq., and John Evans, Esq. 



Stone celts from Holland ; from M. David Van der Kellen, of Amsterdam. 



A collection of flakes and ai'rowheads from the Island of Elba; from Dr. Eaffaele Foresi, 

 of Florence. 



A small jade celt with Gnostic inscriptions obtained by the late Colonel Milner, in the 

 Greek Islands; it has been probably regarded as a Ceraunites, or thunderbolt ; from Mrs. 

 Milner. 



A stone celt from the Eohilla country in India; from the Honourable W. Owen 

 Stanley, m.p. 



Flakes of quartzite from Cape Colony ; presented by C. J. Busk, Esq., Rev. Mr. Dale, 

 Edgar L. Layard, Esq., Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., and Charles SjDence, Esq. 



Six quartzite flakes from New Zealand ; from Sir George Grey, k.c.b. 



Stone implements from North America ; from the Rev. "VY. Greenwell, r.S.A., and 

 Captain A. C. Tupper, f.s.a. 



Chert lancehead and vase from Comayagua, Spanish Honduras ; from John Evans, 

 Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. 



Antiquities from tombs at Arequipa, Peru ; from General J. H. Lefroy, k.a. 



A remarkable ancient Mexican relic, being the head of an animal carved in wood and 

 encrusted with turquoises, garnets, and other precious materials ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Ancient Carib stone implements from Guiana; from Sir John Lubbock, Bart., f.r.s. 



A singular quartz ornament and other objects from the Rio Uaupes; from Daniel 

 Hanbury, Esq., f.l.s. 



Shell blades for adzes, from Barbadoes ; from the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



A modern terra-cotta vase from Mexico ; from Mr. T. K. Gay. 



A bow and arrows from San Paolo, Brazils ; from Joseph Sidebotham, Esq. 



A set of harpoon-heads, &c., from Tierra del Fuego, brought home by the Expedition 

 of the Adventurer and Beagle ; from Herbert L. Smith, Esq. 



A trumpet from Canada ; from R. D. Darbishire, Esq. 



A bone ornament from Sitca, N. W. America; from Gordon A. Thomson, Esq. 



A collection of objects formed by Mr. Frederick Whymper, in Alaska, and noticed in 

 his work on that district ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Objects from Greenland; presented by M. C. L. Steinhauer, and M. Strunck, both of 

 Copenhagen. 



A stone pounder from the Andaman Islands; from William Theobald, Esq., Jun, 



Clubs from the South Sea Islands; from Robert Day, Esq., f.s.a., and the Rev. W. S. 

 Simpson, F.S.A. 



Weapons from Australia ; from Josiah Cato, Esq^ 



Head of a spear from Polynesia ; from John Plant, Esq. 



A number of Kafir impalements exhibited at Paris in 1867 ; from John Curry, Esq. ; 

 and two assagais from South Africa ; from M r. Thomas Foster. 



A Neam-Neani shield, and a bottle for antimony, from the Nupi country on the Niger ; 

 from William Blackmore, Esq. ; and a West African messenger's stick ; from E. T. 

 Stevens, Esq. 



An ancient ivory cup made in West Africa in the 16th century, under Portuguese 

 influence ; and six other carvings in ivory of a more recent date ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Several glass armlets made at Hebron ; from M. Charles Schefer, of Paris. 



A mvisical instrument made by the Basques ; from Miss Robe. 



Cap and gloves used in Norway ; from Captain John Hamilton ; and two stone hammers 

 employed in Iceland to pound salt fish ; from Dr. Hjaltelin, of Iceland. 



Pottery of a very rude make, lately in use at Stornoway, in the Island of Lewis, 

 Hebrides, closely resembling ancient earthenware ; from Walter Morrison, Esq., m.p. 



A considerable number of Ethnographical specimens from various parts of the world ; 

 from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Some additions have been made to the collection by purchases out of the Christy Fund, 

 of which the following may be specified : — 



A series of 169 objects of the Stone Period, chiefly from Germany and Denmark, col- 

 lected by the late Dr. Gustav Klemm, of Dresden, and many of which are engraved and 

 described in his well-known works on the History of Civilisation. 



A collection of antiquities from Ecuador ; collected by J. S. Wilson, Esq., C.E. 



A Mexican stone head. 



Four objects from the North West coast of America ; collected in the country by Mr. 

 Robert Brown. 



Other additions have been made to the collection by exchanges with various English 

 and Foreign Collections, both public and private ; these have been carried out by the 

 Christy Trustees by means of duplicates reserved for the purpose, and have added greatly 

 to the value of the collection. 



The Christy Collection is only visible on Fridays ; and there have been 553 visitors. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



