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a few spaces filled with various devices, such as a crown, 

 a rish, and a zigzag pattern. This nut also bears the 

 sailor's name, Laurance Bryon, and the date 1786. The 

 three dark marks at the end, one of them bored out, natu- 



Carved Cocoa-Nuts 



rally suggest eyes and mouth, and the projection at the 

 same end was ready for the shaping of a blunt nose. 



The smaller nut has a ruder ornament, and is of a paler 



Spanish Demtjohn 



brown colour ; the two larger are a rich, deep brown, almost 

 black, with a polish that is lustrous though not actually shining. 



Another relic of the sailors is a Spanish demijohn — a 

 very large wicker-covered bottle, longer than wide, and 

 measuring seventeen inches the longest way. 



