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ETHNOGRAPHICAL ROOM. 
In the centre of the Room are placed— 
Model of the Thugs, made by a native artist at Madras. Pre¬ 
sented by Mrs. B. W. Horne. 
A model of a movable temple,, called in the Carnatic, Therup, or 
Rhudum. Presented by Charles Marsh, Esq., 1793. 
A Chinese bell, from a Buddhist temple near Ningpo. On the 
top is the Imperial dragon, the national emblem of China, crouching, 
and forming the handle. Beneath this is the orifice where the 
clapper has been placed. The upper part is decorated with figures 
of Budah, cast in salient relief, and covered with an inscription, also 
in relief, separated by four broad bands, of large characters, being 
eight lines of poetry relative to the Buddhist religion, out of one of the 
religious books of this sect. The smaller inscriptions, in Chinese and a 
Sanscrit character, are entitled the Prayer of Fuh (Buddh); with a list of 
names of believing doctors and faithful ladies. The inscriptions at the 
lower part contain a similar list of names, and the names and titles of 
the makers, of the authorities of the Teen-pe-ling temple, and of 
the civil and military officers of the city of Ningpo under whom the 
bell was cast, in the 19th regnal year of Taou Kwang, the late 
emperor, the 36th cyclary year, on a morning of the eighth moon 
(a.d. 1839-40). Presented by HER MAJESTY, 1844. 
A case containing hereditary relics of the New Zealanders. These 
objects have all proper names of their own, by which they are indi¬ 
vidually distinguished, derived from their former possessors, and w 7 ere 
preserved with great care by the various tribes to which they belonged. 
An account of them is appended to each article. Presented by his 
Excellency Sir George Grey , K.C.B. X late Governor of New 
Zealand. 
A case containing Mexican antiquities. From Mr. Young's 
Collection. 
Against the pilasters are placed : 
A colossal figure of the Burmese Idol, Gaudma, and of his sacred 
foot, in gilt wood, from Birmah. Presented by Capt. Marryat, R.N 
An inlaid Indian Cabinet. Presented by Mrs. Beachcroft, 1831. 
Bronze figure of Pattinee Dewa. Presented by Sir Robert 
Brownrigg, 1830. 
An Idol fountain, from the Rohilla country. Presented by ChasP 
Bathurst, Esq., 1786. 
Cases 1,2. China. —Shelf 1. Mock spears, placed on the walls 
of Woosung to intimidate the British forces, found there in 1842. Three 
soldiers 5 hats; bow and arrows, one to give a signal by whistling; 
an arrow, with a rocket attached, from Woosung. Presented by 
Capt. Sir Ever aid Home, Bart., R.N. Matchlock; vane of a boat; 
sailor’s hat; military boots; shoes, one pair presented by Mr. Culli- 
ford; a pair for a lady; ladies’ gloves; slow match, and sight of a 
cannon. Presented by Sir E. Belcher, R.N. Tally of a Chinese 
soldier, from Woosung, having on it “ Camp at Woosung,” and 
“ Main Guard—Soo tih lung. 36 years of age, native of Paou Shan 
heen.” Presented by Capt. Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N. Label 
