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therefore, the visitors were acquiring instruction as- 
well as amusement, they might also be perfectly sure 
that the objects they saw before them came from the 
different parts of the world stated, and had been used 
by the people as described (this referred more par- 
ticularly to the Ethnographical specimens). He was 
very pleased that Mr. Horniman had now on exhibi- 
tion many of his own objects, gathered from all parts 
of the world, and he hoped and trusted that they 
would derive some advantage and pleasure from 
witnessing and viewing them. There was certainly 
a great deal of instruction to be obtained. He 
specially asked attention to a magnificent carved 
Indian archway from Jeypore, and said that they 
could grasp the vast amount of patience and detail it 
represented when he told them that it had taken six 
men seven years to carve. Having enumerated other 
interesting specimens and objects recently added from 
his own collection, such as the Dahomey war-drum,, 
ornamented with the skulls and thigh-bones of their 
enemies ; a Dahomey executioner’s knife, which 
had done many sanguinary deeds ; the enormous 
straw hats worn by the natives of British Honduras ; 
the Boomerangs from North Queensland ; and the 
Zulu chiefs buffalo cloak, &c. ; he concluded by 
saying that he only echoed the feelings of the people 
when he said that they were grateful to Mr. Horni- 
man for giving them the benefit of his kindness and 
generosity. He hoped that the appreciation of 
what Mr. Horniman had done, and was willing and 
anxious to do in the future, would lead many more 
people to come to the Museum and see the great 
and useful work in which Mr. Horniman was engaged.. 
