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Colonial Office , and Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. Over 
Cases 10, 11, baskets from Abyssinia. 
Cases 12, 13. Shelf 1. Various specimens of cloth, mostly of native 
fabric, purchased at Egga by the Niger Expedition ; a piece of cloth, 
16| feet long by 1\ feet wide, decorated with borders, and various 
stellated patterns, produced by discharging the deep colour of the indigo; 
woven in strips 3 inches w 7 ide : another similar, but check pattern, pro¬ 
duced in the woof; a piece of very narrow width; all from the interior 
of Africa. Presented by Captain Clapperton and Major Denham . 
With these are a plain tob , or cloak, from the Niger Expedition, pre¬ 
sented by the Colonial Office; and another Foulah cloak, formed of 
various strips of cloth, from the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, pre¬ 
sented by J. Whitfield , Esq. Shelf 2. Fly-flap, or brush; female hair 
net; bag ; cushion, covered with scarlet cloth ; arrows, and quiver of 
the same with iron points; hoe made of British bar iron ; Housa dagger; 
cord; specimens of prepared leather ; spindles, some with their cotton 
thread; shuttles; hanks of thread, white or blue, dyed with indigo; samia 
aduga , or specimens of native silk, of yellow, green, and crimson; a 
quantity of raw 7 native cotton, and cocoons of native raw silk, very coarse, 
with 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 
by the Colonial Office and Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. 
Bronze manilla , or African ring money; mat hat from the interior. 
Presented by Captain Duncan. Twenty-eight large opaque glass beads, 
worn round the necks of the women and camels in Abyssinia. Dress 
of grass cloth, worn 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 
by the Rev. J. Martin. Shelf 3. Hat, bow, quiver, and sword of a 
Bambara Chief, obtained in French Guiana, and presented by H. C. 
Rothery , Esq. Bow, spears, and fetish, from Fernando Po. Presented 
by the Rev. Theod. Muller. Hats, from the interior of Africa. Pre¬ 
sented by Captain Fishbourne. Sw r 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 ; from 
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. At the side of Cases 
12, 13 is an Indian cabinet of ebony, inlaid with ivory. Underneath 
this is a circular stone table with three feet, used by the natives of Madras 
for making bread. Presented by J. E, J. Boileau , Esq., 1849. 
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 by 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 
