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some good for the purposes of scientific inquiries." Many of these 
swords and knives are 100 years old, and some are from 200 to 300 
The Tokio Educational Museum, in ojchange for a collection of 
corals forwarded by the Academy last year, contributed 13 sets of tools 
(164 specimens), together with pictures illustrating the different trades 
and professions. They include among others those of the carpenter, 
cooper, mason, jeweler, turner, lacquerer, Ian tern -maker, potter, ivory 
carver, and gardener. The fisherman's nets and lines and the insect 
collector's outfit are also included. The collection contains garments 
of coarse and those of finer quality, shoes, hats, hair ornaments and 
combs, models of the kitchen, tea room, reception room, and shrine ; 
of a fire engine, which by the way is carried about by two men in the 
manner of a hand barrow, of vessels and firemen's badges. Articles of 
domestic use include tea cups and sake cups, trays, bowls, baskets, 
bottles, tea-pots, spoons, moulds, barber's case, smoking apparatus, 
brushes, dishes, etc. Amusements are illustrated by games, cards, toys, 
dolls and kites, and these are followed by musical instruments of var- 
ious sorts, such as harps, guitars, flutes and drums. 
It is useless to go into farther details, as the collection is now on 
public exhibition, and maybe seen by all who able to visit the museum. 
Many of the specimens were given by Japanese friends of Mr. Morse, 
including even servants, who seemed to fully understand the purpose in 
forming the collection, and the value of even the commonest object so 
long as it illustrated the people and their ways. Among other donors 
the name of Dr. W. S. Bigelow should not be omitted, as the catalogue 
amply testifies. 
In addition to the collection from Japan, a temporary;arrangement 
has also been made, in a case on the western side of the hall, of the 
objects collected in China, Anam, and Singapore, and those obtained 
from Korea, Yesso, and Manila. Altogether these collections occupy 
some thirty feet of case room, and include many rare and interesting 
articles. There are models of boats from China, and implements, 
clothing, and articles of domestic use from all of the above countries. 
The objects from Korea and those from Yesso, it should be remem- 
bered, small in number though they may appear, form a larger repre- 
sentation from these countries than has heretofore been obtained by 
any museum in this vicinity, and besides, many of the articles are of 
great rarity. One entire section of this case contains a special collec- 
tion of Chinese implements, ornaments, and utensils, from William 
Dolan, Esq., of Hong Kong. 
