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Case 7. Articles from Terra Del Fuego, Baskets, 

 Bladders, Quivers, Bows and Arrows ; Rope of a Canoe, 

 a Shell Necklace, &c. 



Case 8. Spurs, Balls, &c. from Patagonia; a Coat 

 of Mail, taken from the body of an Indian, who was 

 shot by some Chilian Indians sent to disperse an incur- 

 sion of the native tribe, on the West Coast of America : 

 the Armour is formed of Seven Folds of Horse Skin : 

 over the Case are Fishing Spears, from Terra Del 

 Fuego : a Spear from Australasia ; a Fish Gig from the 

 South Sea Islands ; also a Canoe and Paddle from Behr- 

 ing's Straits ; collected, as well as those in Case 7', by 

 Capt. King in his late voyage. 



Case 9. On the two top shelves are Vessels of va- 

 rious sizes, from the Tombs of the aboriginal Peruvians. 

 The lower shelves contain various objects, collected for 

 the most part in Mexico, and purchased from Bullock's 

 Museum ; they consist of small Statues, and Fragments 

 of Terra Cetta, Vases in Alabaster, Busts in Basalt, &c. 

 On the lower part of the Case may be seen an Incense 

 Burner, in the form of an owl ; the Figure of a Priest 

 with a Snake winding round him ; and a Female carved 

 in Larra. 



Case 10. In Shelf 1, are Articles from the Tombs 

 of Children of the ancient Peruvians. Shelf 2.— Ves- 

 sels from their Tombs ; a Vase from Tiaquanco. Shelves 

 3 and 4. — Mortars, Images, and vessels from the Tombs 

 in the Island of Titicaca ; and Five Earthen Images, 

 from Tombs in Vera Cruz. On Shelf 5, is a Vessel in 

 tfee form of a Llama, from the Temple of the Sun at 

 Cusco. 



The other cases contain Articles collected by Capt. 

 Cook from the West Coast of North America, and the 

 South Seas. 



Case 11. Implements used for fishing from Nootka 

 Sound ; Waterproof Jackets, made from the intestines 

 of the whale. 



Case 12. Implements used in War; a Screen made 

 from the feathers of an eagle: Knives, Spoons, and 



