﻿DONATIONS. 
  

  

  From 
  Lewis 
  McMullen 
  Selkirk, 
  of 
  Betlileliem, 
  Albany 
  county. 
  

  

  An 
  Indian 
  chert 
  arrow 
  head, 
  (large.) 
  JFound 
  in 
  Betlileliem, 
  

   Albany 
  co. 
  

  

  From 
  Prof. 
  Ebenezer 
  Kmmons, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

  

  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  Indian 
  pottery. 
  Found 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  river, 
  six 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  High 
  Falls. 
  

  

  This 
  fragment, 
  which 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   wide, 
  represents 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  about 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  of 
  a 
  tor 
  

   toise. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  pipe. 
  

  

  From 
  Ferdinand 
  Wiel, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  cloth 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  the 
  bread 
  fruit 
  tree, 
  

   by 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  ocean. 
  

  

  From 
  James 
  H. 
  Sill, 
  of 
  Washington 
  co. 
  

  

  A 
  piece 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  oak 
  trees 
  cut 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Argyle, 
  

   Washington 
  county, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1797, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   constructing 
  a 
  navy, 
  under 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  John 
  

   Adams. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communication 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Sill, 
  accompanies 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  the 
  liberty 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natu- 
  

   ral 
  History 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  oak 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  grew 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Argyle, 
  Washington 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  was 
  cut 
  down 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  1797, 
  under 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  John 
  Adams, 
  to 
  be 
  

   used 
  in 
  building 
  a 
  iXavy. 
  

  

  My 
  uncle, 
  David 
  Sill, 
  informs 
  me, 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  

   two 
  gigantic 
  oaks 
  which 
  grew 
  near 
  together, 
  that 
  were 
  cut 
  for 
  

  

  