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aduga^ or specimens of native silk, of yellow, green, and crimson; a 
quantity of raw native cotton, and cocoons of native raw silk, very coarse, 
wdth the chrysalides of the silkworm still in it; small skin bottle, for 
holding, galena for colouring the eyelids, and small specimen of this 
mineral all collected during the Niger Expedition, and presented 
hy the Colonial OJfice and Captain 11. Jlundas Trotter, R.N, 
Bronze rnanilla, or African ring money; mat hat from the interior. 
Presented by Captain Duncan. Twenty-eight large opaque glass beads, 
worn rouncLthe necks of the women and camels in Abyssinia. Dress 
of grass cloth, w’orn by females; kola or gora nuts ; nuts hollowed and 
used to hold a snuff laid on the tongue; gourd, shaped for medical 
purposes; specimen of native Indigo ; all from Badagry ; comb, and 
pipe bowl, soldier’s belt for holding cartridges; from Dahomi. Presented 
hy the Rev. J. Martin. Shelf 3. Hat, bow, quiver, and sword of a 
Bambara Chief, obtained in French Guiana, and presented hy H. C, 
Rothery, Rsq. Bow, spears, and fetish, from Fernando Po. Presented 
hy the Rev. Theod. Muller. Hats, fi’om the interior of Africa. jPre- 
sented by Captain Fishbourne. Sw’ords and quivers, from the interior 
of Africa; net hammock, from the interior of Africa. Presented by 
H. Bright, Esq. Dress, spears, and shield, from Abyssinia. Pre* 
sented by Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Tuarik saddle and spears; 
Tripoli. Presented by C. Hanmer Dickson, Esq. Nubian spear, 
entwined with a snake’s skin, from Thebes, in Egypt. Presented by 
Aubrey Paul, Esq. Over Case 13, a loom for weaving narrow cloth, 
specimens of which are exhibited in the first division of this Case; from 
Ashantee. Presented by T. E. Bowdich, Esq. 
Cases 14, 15. North America. —Esquimaux dresses from 
Winter Island, and from Point Hope ; a steersman’s cap, from West 
Georgia; men’s boots, from Kotzebue Sound; women’s boots, from 
Cape Thomson; Lapland trousers, presented hy Mr. G. Woodfall. 
Whalebone net, used by the Esquimaux for laying under their beds; 
a wooden bowl, cup, and spoon made of the horns of the musk ox; a 
bone ornament, from Savage Island; a wooden box, a small basket, 
a pair of bone eye-shades, a bow-string, a lamp cut out of steatite, or 
pot stone ; brought to England by Captain Sir Edward Parry, R.N. 
A dart-thrower, from Point Barrow; two large teeth of the walrus, from 
Behring’s Straits ; small harpoon, tipped with meteoric iron, bone sword, 
hollow bone instrument for sucking water out of a pond, and bone in¬ 
strument used in seal fishing, from Igloolik; seal skin, dressed by the 
Esquimaux of' Savage Island, Hudson’s Straits; skin bucket, water- 
vessel, from Winter Island; Esquimaux woman’s hair ornaments, from 
Savage Island; bundle of hair; harpoon made of bone and me¬ 
teoric iron; stick to aid in throwing darts, from Point Barrow; knife; 
part of a bone spear, from Igloolik; part of a bird dart, made of bone 
and whalebone, from Savage Island; an Esquimaux landing net, 
formed of bone and whalebone, from Kotzebue Sound; sail made 
from the intestines of the whale, from Nootka Sound. Over this Case 
are a sledge, from Baffin’s Bay, brought to England by Sir E. Parry, 
ii.iV.janda canoe from Behring’s Straits. Combs, harpoon-points, 
swivels, toys, and various bone instruments, from Hudson’s Straits. 
From Sir Hans Shane's Collection. 
Cases 16, 17. N. W. Coast of America. —Shelf 1. Toma- 
