ARTICLES. 
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ROOM I.] 
Case 25. Various specimens of matting and cordage, 
mostly made of the New Zealand hemp (Phonnium tenax ). 
Sundry woven articles; belts, &c. Fishing-nets; hooks, 
cordage, &c. From New Zealand. 
Case 26. Articles of ornament; combs ; necklaces, 
&c. Specimens of carving in wood and bone ; pipes, and 
other musical wind instruments. Warlike instruments ; 
conchs used in war ; clubs; saws made of sharks’ teeth 
for dissecting the bodies of slain enemies ; two human 
hands, being parts of the body of a slain enemy. Tools of 
various kinds, &c. Various wooden boxes ornamented 
with carvings. Boat scoops, &c. From New Zealand. 
Over the Cases 11 to 14. Various missile weapons 
from different parts of the west coast of North Atnerica 
and the islands of the South Sea; harpoons, javelins, 
spears; a wooden shield; also various calabashes, some 
inclosed in wickerwork. 
Over the Cases 18 to 20. Bows, arrows, quivers, 
drums, &c. 
Round the door opposite the Entrance. Vari¬ 
ous sorts of plain and carved clubs, maces, &c. 
Over Case 21. A large Cava bowl ; wooden pillows. 
Over Case 23. A canoe composed of many pieces 
of wood sewed together, from Queen Charlotte’s Island ; 
various kinds of paddles, &c. 
Over the Cases 25 and 26. A large wooden drum 
with lateral opening, made of the trunk of a tree; a wooden 
box, &c. 
In the Window near the entrance-door, are a 
pacuna , or tube for blowing the small poisoned arrows in 
Case 5; a bow of the Indians of the banks of the Ucayali; 
some spears made of palm wood and some of bow wood, 
and a bow from the Indians of the Marancn ; and a wooden 
spear from the Napo. Presented by Lieut . Henry Lister 
Maw, R.N. 
In the centre of the Room, within a glazed frame, is one 
of the originals of Magna Charta , belonging to the Cot¬ 
tonian Library; at the side, there is an Engraving of 
it in fac-simile by Pine. 
EDWARD HAWKINS. 
Oct . 10, 1840. 
