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Case 7.— Sperm whale teeth dressed and ornamented by 
sailors on board ship. 
Case 8. — Log-books, charts, barometer, chronometer, com- 
passes, and quadrants taken from old whalers, and a shipping list 
published in New Bedford in 1847, giving an account of all Amer- 
ican whalers in service at that time. 
No. D. — Shield on wall, containing slabs of whale-bone. 
Case 10 . — Curios from New Bedford whale ships; whale 
teeth; walrus heads and tusks; narwhal hot ns: saw-fish saws; 
sword-fish horns; porpoise, black-fish and shark jaws; skeleton of 
sea-snake; samples of different grades of whale and seal oil; 
whale and ship barnacles; wood from ship’s bottom; ship’s pitch- 
ers; and cast model of sperm whale. 
No. 11. — Ribs and vertebrae of whale. 
No. 12. — Lower jaws and ribs of sperm whale. 
No. 13. — Shield on wall, containing blubber spades, har- 
poons, and lances, flencing and blubber knives and knife steels. 
No. 14. — Copper cooling kettle, funnel, oil barrel, dippers 
and strainers used in trying out and barreling oil; blocks, hook, 
and tackle used in taking in “the blanket piece” on deck. 
No. 15. — Cooper’s tool-chest taken from the whale-ship 
“ Progress.” 
Case 16. — A collection of implements used in whaling: 
guns, harpoons, and bomb-lances of -the various kinds, illustrating 
the progress of the whaling industry. 
No. 17. — Samples of the Cunningham line-carrying rockets. 
Case 18. — Arctic clothing worn by members of the Greely 
Relief Expedition, including reindeer and felt sleeping bags; 
polar bear skins and felt suits; harness used by men when draw- 
ing sledges. 
Case 19.— Articles collected from the South-Sea Islands, by 
sailors on whaling ships, including samples of tapa, or bark-cloth; 
suits made from grass; war suits and weapons; models of canoes 
and paddles; idol; heads carved from cocoa-nuts; and poi in dish. 
Case 20. — Articles collected by sailors on whaling ships; 
samples of grass-cloth and rugs; articles made from grass-cloth 
from Madagascar; lady’s work-box and two 'small chests made on 
board ship by sailors. 
Case 21. — A collection of samples of oil of various qualities 
used for lubricating clocks, chronometers and watcher, 
