6 MISCELLANEOUS [UPPER FLOOR. 
arrows, and a bow ; the rope of a canoe ; a necklace formed 
of shells ; and an axe, the iron of which was probably ob¬ 
tained from an English or American ship, from Terra del 
Fuego. 
Case 8. A coat of mail formed of seven folds of horse 
skin, used by the Araucarian Indians on the west coast of 
South America, taken from the body of an Indian who 
was shot by a party of Chilian Indians, sent to disperse an 
incursion of the native tribes ; a pair of spurs ; a couple of 
balls, united by a cord, which are used to destroy the 
wild animals, and a pair of rattles ; all from the coast of 
Patagonia. 
Over these Cases are two fishing spears from Terra 
del Fuego ; a spear from the west coast of Australasia; a 
fish-gig from the South Sea islands. Also a canoe, with 
its paddles, from Behring's Straits. Presented by Capt. 
Beechey , R.N. 
The whole of the contents of the Cases 7 and 8, and 
the spears over them, were collected by Capt. P. P. King, 
in his late voyage, and presented by him to the British 
Museum. 
Case 9. Shelves 1 and 2. Vessels in various forms, 
from tombs of the aboriginal Peruvians. Chiefly from the 
Sloane and Toxvneley Collections . 
Shelves 3, 4, 5. Various objects, chiefly collected in 
Mexico, and purchased, at the sale of the Mexican Mu¬ 
seum belonging to Mr. Bullock ; they consist of small 
statues formed of various stones, and of rude workman¬ 
ship ; a mask of stone ; two statues and five fragments 
of terracotta, found on the mountains of Tezeossingo, the 
pyramids of St. Taun de Toetiutican; an adze; a heart- 
shaped ornament of serpentine, with engraved characters 
resembling hieroglyphics; two vases of alabaster, one with 
the head and arms of a monkey sculptured on it, the other 
with the head, tail, and wings of a cock; a small terra¬ 
cotta statue of a sitting figure, similar to an Egyptian 
sphynx ; a head of a boy in basalt; a small vase-shaped 
statue; an Azteek mirror, made of a large plate of obsidian, 
polished on both sides; a large double bottle of black 
earthenware, one of the bottles with the head of a dog, 
the other with that of a bird; a small earthen vessel in 
the form of a dog; several knives formed of obsidian, with 
two of the larger pieces from which they have been splits 
