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Photograph of the Mammoth in 
the Zoological Museum, St. 
Petersburgh 
Bronze Medal, Indian and Colo- 
nial Exhibition, 1886... 
Babrador Longtail Duck 
Japanese Bronze Mirror and 
Japanese Rice Bowl, Hizen 
ware 
Three Medals 
Duelling Pistol, two barrels 
By the Director. 
Mr. J. R. Manning. 
Mr. J. Linklater. 
Gen. Sir Julius Raines,. 
Miss L. Haden. [K.C.B.. 
Mr. R. Quick. 
A few of the principal acquisitions by purchase 
may be here mentioned, viz. : — 
A Collection of Romano-British and Mediaeval 
Antiquities found in various parts of London during 
excavations between 1890 and 1893. 
A Collection of ancient Peruvian Pottery, termed 
“ Huacas,” or water crofts, including two whistling 
vessels, from one of the burial places near Cuzco. 
A Roman Amphora, of the u bottle” or bulbous shape,, 
with tapering base, being one of the kind which was 
used for holding wine, and was pressed into the sand 
which covered the ground of the wine cellar. 
This interesting and perfect specimen was found 
while digging for building purposes at Primrose Hill, 
in 1891. It is 25J in. high, and 34 in. in circum- 
ference at the widest part. 
A finely-executed native model of an Esquimaux 
“ Kajak,” a kind of canoe. In it is seated an Esqui- 
maux man in a seal-fishing outfit, and on the canoe 
his tackle, harpoon, spear, line, paddle, ice chisels,, 
knives, &c. The model is made of skin, tipped 
at both ends with bone, and is correct in every 
detail. 
A model of an Irish Corragh, one of the fishing boats 
largely used by the fishermen in the west of Ireland, 
who make them throughout themselves. The framework 
