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cigars; bottle with an earthy sediment used instead of salt; rolls 
of cotton ; teeth of the peccary; all from British Guiana. Presented 
by Sir R. Schomburgk. Flute from French Guiana. Presented by 
H. C. Rothery , Esq. 
Cases 33, 34. S. America. —Shelf 1. Bows and arrows, some with 
detaching points for fishing, others poisoned, from British and French 
Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk , and H. C. Rothery, Esq. 
Shelf 2. Blow-pipes for shooting poisoned arrows; quivers with poi¬ 
soned arrows and clubs of Macoosies. Presented by Sir R. Schom¬ 
burgk. Shelf 3. Ancient vases from Para; calabashes, and varnished 
bowl; bowl made by the negroes of Para; leathern w^ater bottle ; 
bag, spurs, from Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq . Bark, 
of which the varnished bowls are made. Blowpipe for projecting poi¬ 
soned arrows, and quiver containing them, with the teeth and jaw of 
a fish for sharpening the points, from S. America; large blow-pipe 
for projecting poisoned darts; basket containing a bundle of darts, and 
cotton of the bombax heptaphyllon for plugging them; small jar con¬ 
taining the poison for tipping the poisoned darts, and a spoon for 
laying on the poison; from the province of Para, Brazils. All pre¬ 
sented, by Capt . Sir E. Home, R.N. Armlet used by the women of 
the island of St. Thomas. Presented by Michel Martinez, Esq. 
Case 35. S. America.—S helf 1. A dried body of a female, 
with necklace round the neck, from New Granada. Presented by 
W. Turner , Esq., H. M. Envoy to Colombia. Shelf 2. Dried body 
or mummy, surrounded by its cotton cloth or wrappers, some orna¬ 
mented with native patterns, from a cave near Gachansipa, in the can¬ 
ton of Leiva, about 29 milps from Bogota, New Granada, presented 
by R. Bunch, Esq., of H. M. Legation; and a head found wfitL 
it. Mummy of a child from Arica, in Peru. Presented by Lord 
Colchester. Cloth which enveloped the dead body of the ancient 
Peruvians; cups, a harpoon, sling, fishing line, fishes’ eyes, basket, 
and Indian corn from the tombs of the children of the ancient Peru¬ 
vians ; the globular vessels were placed with the Indian com under the 
breasts of the dead bodies. Presented by the Rev. W. V. Hennah. 
Three mortars, silver images of a divinity, and of Lama, from the tombs 
of the aboriginal inhabitants of the lake Titicaca. Three gold figures 
and a plate of gold with a human figure beaten up, from S. America. 
Collected by J. Pentland, Esq., and presented by the Earl Dudley. 
Silver masks and earrings, from the huacas or ancient cemeteries at 
Cacamaca, in the district of Pura, on the coast of Peru ; bronze chisel, 
found at Truxillo. Presented by N. R. Brassey, Esq. 
Cases 36, 37. S. America. — Shelf 1. Vessels of black ware, from 
the cemeteries of Peru; some double, and producing the sound of a 
whistle when blown into, others modelled to represent the human shape, 
and various animals. Shelf 2. Vases of red w^are of various shapes, 
many ornamented with native patterns, others modelled to represent the 
human form, apes, &e. The most remarkable of these are a vase mo¬ 
delled in shape of a human head, and another like a sitting figure; made 
by ancient inhabitants of the islands on the lake Titicaca; stone vases 
in the shape of the Llama, from the temple of Cuzco. Presented by 
the Earl Dudley and Gilbert Brandon, Esq. Shelf 3. Bows and 
arrows, said to be from the tombs of the time of the Incas, some 
