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hausen, Switzerland, from the Natural History Society of Schaffhausen ; two drawings 

 on bone, of doubtful authenticity, stated to have been found in the same cave, from A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. ; a scraper from the Grotte de Roland, Charente, from the Rev. W. C. 

 Lukis, F.S.A. 



Flint adze-blade, found near London Wall, from Rev. W. S. Simpson, d.d. ; blade- 

 bone, perhaps used as a sliovel, found in the pits at Cissbury, Sussex, from E. H. 

 Willett, Esq. 



Two flint implements from the north of Ireland, from John Evans, Esq. ; and a very 

 fine arrowhead, from Co. Fermanagh, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three pierced axeheads of stone, a celt, and a crescent-shaped implement of flint, found 

 in Norway; from Mons. A. Lorange, Director of the Museum at Bergen; two bone 

 spearheads, from Denmark, from A. VV". Franks, Esq. 



A series of stone celts, some in their horn handles, implements in boar's tusk and bone, 

 a flax teaser, of bone, and various other objects from pile dwellings, chiefly found at 

 the station of Schaffis, Lac de Bienne, Switzerland ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. ; three 

 flint implements from Moosseedorfsee, from Mons. le Dr. Uhlmann, of Miinchenbuchsee, 

 Canton Berne. 



Very fine celt of green fibrolite, found near Naples ; singular stone chisel from Santa 

 Maria di Capua ; arrowheads and other flint objects, from the South of Italy ; from A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



Series of stone celts, and of flakes and cores of obsidian, from various parts of Greece ; 

 from the late George Finlay, Esq., of Athens. 



A similar collection from Greece and Asia Minor, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Collection of chert implements from Ras Berut, Syria, and a saw of black flint from Tel- 

 el- Yahoudia, Egypt; from the Rev. Greville J. Chester. A collection of flint implements, 

 chiefly saws, found by the Abbe Moretain at Beth Saour, near Bethlehem, and obtained 

 from him by the late Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. A flint saw, found 

 at Sakkara, Egypt ; from T. Hayter Lewis, Esq. Gouge, hammer stone, and fragments 

 of pottery, found in a c^ve in Algeria ; from Rev. W. C. Lukis. 



2. El Inwgrajihy of Africa. — Three Bushman arrowheads, tipped with rock crystal set 

 in gum; from the late Dr. W. H. .T. Bleek, Cape Colony. Two knives in one sheath, 

 probably S, African ; from A. W. Franks, Esq, 



Small arrowhead from the Soudan, toy corn-mill, and wooden key, from the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



Carved ivory spoon, probably made in Congo, IGtli century; sceptre of brown v?ood, 

 carved with figures, from Dahomey ; and a collection of objects from West Africa, con- 

 sisting of musical instruments, cap of plaited leather and fur with cowries, three spears, 

 terra-cotta lamp, fetish of wood, Mandingo snuff"-box and spoon, necklaces, wooden comb, 

 and mask of plaited grass used by the Fan tribe; all from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Musical instrument used by the Matabeles, S. Africa ; from Dr. W. G. Atherstone, oi 

 Cajie Town. 



3. Ethnography of Asia. — Ancient Japanese musical instrument, a form of the " Goto;" 

 from Mr. iVinagawa, Antiquary, of Yeddo. 



Arabian dagger, silver mounted, from John Henderson, Esq. 



Plate of bell metal, with sunk patterns, for making rings, from Kotah, Bengal Presi- 

 dency, and a Chinese brass tobacco-pipe ; from John F. Read, Esq. 



4. Ethnography of Ocfania and Avstralasia. — Cup of cocoa-nut shell, and board with 

 High Island patterns; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Series from the South Seas, viz. : — Two pounders, from Strong's Island; three shell 

 adze blades, Sti'ong's aud Bonabe Islands ; spherical stone, Rotumah ; stone adze blade, 

 Mahine ; fisherman's basket, containing fish-hooks, line, etc, from Mulgrave Island ; 

 pendant, fish-hook, and spiral armlet of tortoiseshell, Strong's Island ; two head-scratchers 

 of wood, ironi Erromango; all from Charles Frederic Wood, Esq. 



Stone club and knife, from the Chatham Islands ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Tapa robe, from the Fiji Islands ; from Henry S. Milman, Esq. 



Jade axe-blade, from New Caledonia; from G. H. Gaviller, Esq. 



Series of stone implements, fish-hooks, and other objects, from the Solomon Islands 

 and the New Hebrides ; from Rev. R. H. Codrington. 



A numlier of objects from New Guinea, collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 

 " Basilisk," consisting of axes with stone blades, clubs, ornaments, etc. ; some of them 

 presented by Captain John Moresby, R.N., others by Henry Willett, Esq , Ernest H. 

 Willett, Esq., and A. W. Franks, Esq. 



5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



(a.) North America. — Quoit of pink quartz, discovered on Forshen's Island, Chatta- 

 nooga, River Tennessee, trom William Bragge, Esq., f.S.a. ; bone for scraping skins, 

 used by the Mic Mac Indians of Labrador, and iiarpoou head of iron and bone, from Prince 

 Edward's Island, or Miramichi, from T. G. B. Lloyd, Es(j., f.gs. 



(/>.) Central America and West Indies. — Flint implement found in Honduras, from 



Miss Emily Boyd ; ancient Mexican death's head carved in iron pyrites, from William 



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