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Depaetment of History of Mankind. 



Nathan D. Bill. Fiber rain coat and hats, South Sea Islands. 



Miss Mary A. Booth. Homespun mittens worn by David Booth previous ta 



1827. Piece of homespun woolen. "Wool from sheep raised on the S. C. 



Booth estate in Longmeadow. 

 Mrs. Mary Chapman. Indian pestle from Washington state. 

 Miss Charlotte Coomes. Sandstone mortar found in Longmeadow, given in 



memory of John W. Dickinson. 

 H. G. Denver. Pens from city hall fire. 



Mrs. A. S. Leonard, Hampden, for Maria P, Sheldon. Flax wheel. 

 Arthur B. "West. Check on Chicopee bank of Springfield, dated 7th February, 

 1848, and signed by John Brown. 



Miscellaneous Gifts. 



George Dimmock, Ph.D. Collection of seeds, eggs, reptiles. 



Since the list issued in the last Report publications have been received from the 

 following sources. Most of the societies, institutions and museums mentioned belo-w 

 have been added to the exchange list of the Museum. 



NORTH AMERICA — United States. 



Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Charleston museum, Charleston, S. C. 



Field Columbian museum. Chicago, 111. 



Hatch experiment station. Amherst, Mass. 



Missouri botanical gardens. St. Louis, Mo. 



Museum of comparative zoology. Cambridge, Mass. 



University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Canada. 



Geological survey of Canada. Ottawa. 



SOUTH AMERICA — Argentine Republic. 

 Museo de la Plata. La Plata. 



EUROPE — Germany. 



Naturforschende gesellschaft in Danzig. 



Verein fuer naturwissenschaft in Braunschweig. 



Great Britain. 



Natural history society of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 Royal museum and libraries. Salford. 

 Ruskin museum. Sheffield. 

 Southport society of natural science. 



Russia. 



Societe imperiale des naturalistes de Moscou. 



