2G4 MISCELLANEOUS [ETHNOGRAPHICAL 
the shoes attached to it; from Shanghae. Presented hy Sir Everard 
Home, Bart., R.N. Pillow for the head. Presented hy Sir E. 
Belcher, R.N. Horn lantern for common purposes; from Choosan. 
Presented hy Sir Everard Home, Bart, R.JV. Cases with chopsticks; 
knife from the Collection of Sir Hans Shane. Spoon, fork. Pre¬ 
sented hy Sir E. Belcher, R.N, Chinese brass pipe; leather to¬ 
bacco-pouch; Shanghae. Presented hy Sir Everard Home, Bart., 
R.N. Chinese mariners’compasses; viatorium, consisting of a com¬ 
pass and small portable sun-dial. Presented hy Albert Way, Esq, 
Bank note for 1000 cash, or small copper coin, equal in value to one 
dollar; issued at the city of Soo-chow-foo. Presented hy Sir G. T. 
Staunton, Bart. Block for printing passes for the camp at Woo- 
sung ; iron bill-hook used for various purposes of husbandry; two 
pair of steel scissors of the best quality; two packages of Chinese 
needles, one opened; they are packed up in quicklime to prevent 
rusting; three candle-wicks of a peeled twisted rush, from Shang¬ 
hae. Pointed sticks, used as savealls or candlesticks by the lower 
classes at Woosung. Presented hy Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N. 
Shark fin, employed to make soup. Presented hy Tradescant Bay, 
Esq. Sea-weed, used as food; taken out of a junk at Woosung; 
deer’s sinews, brought from Siam, and used for making a good soup; 
from Woosung; joss sticks. Presented hy Sir Everard Home, Bart., 
R.N Box which has held the tseen or punishment billets of a 
military mandarin, which are taken out and thrown down to mark the 
number of blows of the bamboo to be inflicted. Presented hy Sir 
E. Belcher, R.N. Ancient bronze bell; and vase made in the epoch 
Seuentih (a.d. 1424-1484). Presented hy R. Crawford, Esq. 
Steatite seals. Presented hy Hr. Sinclair. Bone thumb-ring used by 
a Tartar, engraved. From the Collection of Sir Hans Shane. Tally 
or label which has been attached to a malefactor. Presented hy 
Tradescant Lay, Esq. Boxes; vase in shape of lotus leaf. Bequeathed 
hy the late R. P. Knight, Esq. Glazed vase. Presented hy J. S. 
Bowerhank. An advertisement for quack pills. Cups made of the 
horn of the rhinoceros. On the top of this Case is the model of a 
Chinese junk; a wicker shield, on which is painted the head of a tiger 
and the word Wang (royal), used by the Chinese troops; and three 
Chinese boarding pikes. Presented hy Capt. Sir E. Belcher, R.N. 
A wooden trunk, in which the Sycee silver of the Chinese ransom 
money was transported to England. Presented hy Capt. Sir Everard 
Home, Bart., R.N. 
Case 3. China. — Shelf 1. Agalmatolite figure of Kwan-yin, the 
goddess of mercy. Presented hy Tradescant Lay, Esq. Shelves 2, 
3. Gilt figures of a female and male divinity, the latter holding in 
his hand an amulet, on which are inscribed the names of diflferent in- 
lernal parts of the body. Taken during the war from a private chapel 
behind How-qua’s hong. Presented hy Sir E. Belcher, R.N. 
Cases 4, 5. Chika. — Shelf 1. Urh been, or “two-stringed” fiddle; 
pepa, or balloon-shaped guitar, made of swan wood, covered with the 
skin of the snake, called tan ; yue kin, or “ moon-shaped ” guitar, made 
of swan che wood; hwang teih, or Chinese flutes, made of bamboo, 
with the second hole covered with a film said to be from the inside of 
a reed; the heang teih, or Chinese clarionet; the tung keo, or brass 
