lander's hajak or fishmg-boat, ana is intenaea omy lui 

 a single person . A skin covering is carefully attached 

 to the gunwale of the boat, with an aperture in the mid- 

 dle, through which the adventurous navigator intro- 

 duces liis hodjy and, sitting down, confines the skin 

 with a band securely round his waist. In this way he 

 : is almost ready to bid defiance to any accident, for 

 should his light skiff be overset, no water can enter; 

 and as it remains buoyant, a dexterous stroke of the ! 

 paddle will instantly right it, and he can proceed on the 

 voyage. 



The ninth case introduces us to vessels displaying 

 great variety of form, as the bottle with the singu- 

 larly distorted figure of a dwarf attached to it on the 

 first shelf; and the quadru- 

 ple vessel with the dwarf 

 figure belonging to it on 

 the second, will amply tes. 

 tify. These were taken from 

 the tombs of the aboriginal 

 Peruvians ; and above them 

 ' are ranged some Mexican 

 antiquities that were pur- 

 chased at the sale of tlie 

 jNlexican Museum, formed 

 by jMr. Bullock some years 

 ago. They chiefly consist 

 of small statues formed of 

 various stones, and of rude 

 workmanship. In the re- 

 maining cases are articles 

 chiefly from the western coast 

 of North America and the 

 Soutli Sea. Here is a breast- 

 plate constructed in a most 

 remarkable manner, with 

 mother-of-pearl and scales 

 of shells, and trimmed with 

 feathers, forming part of an 

 Otalieitan warrior's dress. 

 An inspection will well repay 

 the spectator, and prove the 

 vraisemhlance of our illustration. 



