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FOURTH BULLETIN OF 
[1845. 
Box of Turkish curiosities. — From Dr. Boyd Reilly . 
Bottle, Grapes and Guava of South America.— -From Miss M. N. 
Simmons. 
Bronze Statue (caricature) of M. Fratin, sculptor. — From 
Box containing Medal of General Lafayette, by M. Gatteaux; ten 
large Medals, Six Medals, Five Medallions, by M. Galle. 
Collection of Engravings, &c. — From Alexandre Vattemare. 
Pod, leaf, flower, and silk, of a Silk Plant, with a description 
of its culture in Louisiana. — From Robert Wilson, Editor of the 
Planters’ Banner, Franklin, Attakapas, Louisiana. 
Package of specimens from the Gold Mines of Brazil, sent by Dr. 
Ildefonso Gomez, through H. A. Wise, American Minister in 
Brasil. 
Box, containing specimens of the Tripoli Vegetable Silk and Silk 
Plant, and seed for distribution. — From D. S. Macauley, U. S. 
Consul, Tripoli. 
Box, containing Skin, Horns, &c., of a large Moose Elk.— -From 
Lt. Thom, U. S. Topographical Engineer Corps. 
Box, containing the following curiosities, collected by Capt. Cooke, 
U. S. A., during a late expedition to the Rocky Mountains, and 
described in his letter Sept. 9, 1845. — From Captain P. St. Geo. 
Cooke, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons. 
1. Collection of Dried Flowers and Plants. 
2. Collection of Mineralogical specimens, &c. 
3. Portion of Stem of Artemesia, six inches in diameter. 
4. Horns and Skull of Chamois, or Big Horn, (a small specimen, but weigh- 
ing eighteen pounds.) 
5. Portion of scalp of Buffalo Bull, (a most curious and distinctive speci- 
men.) 
6. Horned Frog, {alive.) 
7 . Mammoth Tooth of some extinct animal found in a clay bank on a branch 
of the Blue River, a tributary of the Kanzas. 
Collection of Minerals, Fossils, &c., from the Oregon Territory. — 
From Charles Saxton. 
Two boxes, containing valuable Books, Medals, Medallions, Statues, 
&c., from different branches of the French Government, and 
eminent men of France. — Sent by M. Vattemare, Paris, under 
the care of Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Baltimore. 
Box, containing Shells from Western Africa. — From Rev. Thomas 
Savage, Missionary Cape Palmas, W. Africa. 
Box, containing a very large and valuable framed Picture ; subject, 
View of Constantinople as it was several hundred years ago; 
author unknown ; purchased in Rome, at the sale of Cardinal 
Fiesche’s collections, by Thomas Lloyd Halsey — From Thomas 
Lloyd Halsey. 
Two boxes, containing objects of natural history, viz: Plants, Fos- 
sils, &c., of the Banda Oriental. — From R. M. Hamilton , U. S . 
Consul, Monte Video. 
