77 
by Dr. Davis as "an amulet, with a hole through one end for 
suspension, and a cavity in the other for holding feathers ; there 
is a signet at the side." 
Tablet 13, rt: (S and D 35) is a " reed or tube, used perhaps 
for sucking ' Matta' tea ;" (S and D 34) is a piece of the Pito, 
a species of aloe. This spongy wood is the ' Pao de Fogo ' 
(tinder-wood) of the natives" ; c (S and D 36) is described as " a 
flat piece of wood with a hole through the centre, the use 
not known;" may it not have been used as an ornament.? in 
form it closely resembles some of the stone ''gorgets;" d 
(S and D 33) "a piece of wood much decayed, use not deter- 
mined;" this may have been a fire-drill; it is like the Esqui- 
maux fire-drills, Nos. 39 and 40, Case C 42, and No. 13 Case 
D 5, which last was found in a grave in Greenland. 
Upon Tablet 14 (S and D 30) are some grains of maize, and 
upon Tablet 15 is part of the cob with grains of maize attached. 
They were found in a grave, placed in a very nicely plaited basket, 
which is in the Collection, but cannot be shown from want 
of space. Upon Tablet 14 ^ (S and D 31) are some beans, 
also found in the basket, as well as the flat bone beads (S and 
D 32) upon Tablet 16 ; a thread of twisted alpaca wool still 
remains in the central hole of some of these beads. In Case 
D 7, upon Tablets i to 10, and 12, are similar beads, made of 
shell, used for decorative purposes by the natives of Salomon 
Islands. No. 17 (S and D 567) is a stone amulet (?), nicely 
ornamented. No. 18 (S and D 572) is "an ornament of hard 
slate, cut into the shape of a fish-hook." Fish-hooks of this 
form, from the Sandwich Islands, can be seen in Case D 6, 
upon Tablets 18 and 19. 
Cases E 10, E 11, and H 19. 
Pottery from Peru. 
E 10. 
Many of the vessels exhibited from Peru are " huacas," and 
were intended to hold " chicha," a drink made from maize. 
They were frequently deposited with the dead. 
Some of the Peruvian vessels are double, in this respect re- 
peating with considerable similarity the bijugtie, or twin-bottle, 
of the ancient Egyptians; others have double spouts, which 
also constitute a characteristic feature of the water-pitcher, 
called the " monkey," still in universal use in Brazil. A few are 
of simple and graceful forms, and others are modelled from 
