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for sleeping on, Navigators’ Islands; four pieces of line of cocoa-nut 
fibre • piece of matting trimmed ; mantle of a chief made ot a mat , 
New’ Caledonia. Presented by HER MAJESTY. 
Fishino- basket for catching the marine worm, palota vindis <>ray), 
which appears only on one day annually, from the Navigators’ Islands 
Presented by the 'Rev. T. B. Stair. Sampler of a girl, 12 years ot 
age, native of Apia Island of Upolu, Navigators’ Group. Presented 
by Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart. R.N. 
Cases 68, 69. Shelf 1. Various clubs; divinities; and warlike 
and other instruments; from New Zealand. Spear, one end flat an 
like the blade of an oar, for striking, the point carved to represent, the 
head of a man, the tongue projecting.. PreseMedby Ca.pt. Sir E. Home, 
R.N, Shelf 2. Sundry woven articles; belts; fishing nets; hooks; 
cordage ; articles of ornament ; combs ; necklaces ; carvings on wood 
and bone; pipes; and other musical wind instruments; warlike in- 
struments ; conchs used in war ; saws made of sharks’ teeth, tor dis- 
secting bodies of slain enemies ; two human hands, parts of the body 
of a slain enemv ; tools of various kinds, with iron or stone blades ; 
from New Zealand. Shelf 3. Model of a canoe, with mat sail, boat 
scoops. Presented by Mr. Chapman. Various wooden boxes orna- 
mented with native carvings; and various specimens of matting and 
cordage, mostly made of the New Zealand hemp (Phormium renax). 
From°New Zealand. Coat of Eh Puni, a chief of the Pa of Ki Warra, 
entirely made of native flax. Wellington, New Zealand. 
Above this Case is the prow of the canoe of the celebrated New 
Zealand chief, Heki. Presented by Captain Sir Everard Home , 
Bart. R.N. .... , . . , 
Cases 70 71 Shelf 2. Shield from Australia ; hielieman or shield, 
from Port Philip. Presented by the Rev. Aug. Strong. Hielieman 
or shield used by the natives of the interior. Presented by Sir 1 . 
Mitchell. Two hieliemans or shields, from the Swan River, onejjre- 
sented by J. Neil Talbot , Esq. Three womerahs from Port Philip. 
Presented by the Rev. Augustus Strong. Three womerahs, or sticks 
for throwing spears; the pointed part is put to the end of the spear to 
aid in the hurling. Presented by J. Neil Talbot , Esq., and Capt.J. 
Ince R.N. Womerah or throwing stick, painted red, from Port Es- 
sington. Presented by Capt. J. Ince , R.N. Womerahs of different shapes 
from Cape York. Presented by Capt. J. Ince , R.N. Another from the 
N E coast. Presented by J. B. Jukes , Esq. And another from the 
same locality ; throwing sticks procured during one of the early voyages, 
from Australia; bomerangs, or fowling sticks, which if they do not hit 
the object return to the thrower; one from Port Philip. Presented by 
Lieut. Ince , R.N From the interior. Presented by Sir 1 . Mit- 
chell. From New South Wales. Presented by Captain J. Ince, 
And from Swan River. Presented by J. Neil Talbot, Esq. Three 
hooked staves or clubs. Presented by the Rev. Augustus strong. 
Two knives, the blade of the one set with small pieces of glass, ot the 
other with flint, fixed by gum; six hammers, head of stone, ce- 
mented with a kind of gum, for notching trees, used by the 
natives of Swan River. Presented by J. Neil Talbot, Esq. A waddy ; 
a smaller or so called piccaninny waddy or club ; a k hatha or digging 
