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an Esquimaux landing net, formed of whalebone, from Kotzebde 
Sound; a band, worn as a maro, from Egmont Island; a pair of 
women’s boots, from Cape Thomson; a dart-thrower, from Point 
Barrow ; and a carved paddle, from Otaheite. A harpoon line, made 
of the skin of a Wallruss, and a sail of the intestines of the same animal, 
from Kotzebue Sound; two large teeth of the Wallruss, from Behring’s 
Straits; a stone club used for bruising nuts, and three fine mats, from 
Egmont Island; a cap, ornamented with tufts of feather and hair; 
several bows and arrows, some of the latter tipped with obsidian and 
bone, from California; and a small harpoon, with a moveable tip, for 
spearing fish, from Point Barrow. Over the cases are several other 
spears, arrows, and harpoons, from the Pacific Ocean. Collected 
during Capt. Beechey’s voyage of discovery, a.d. 1825—1828. 
Cases 18, 19. Flower pots of bark and porcupine quills, the work 
of the Micmac Indians. Presented by Dr. Farish. Articles from 
the west coast of North Amerioa and the South Seas, chiefly pre¬ 
sented by Sir Joseph Banks , Captain James Cook , R. TV., and Ar¬ 
chibald Menzies , Esq. Many of them are figured in Captain Cook’s 
Voyages. Fishing implements from Nootka Sound and Oonalashka; 
harpoons; lines made of sinews, and of sea-weed (a species of Fucus ), 
&c. Models of fishing-boats, &c. ; waterproof fishing-jackets, made of 
the intestines of the whale, from Nootka Sound.—Several caps of wood, 
representing heads of beasts; a bird’s head of wood, ornamented with 
feathers, &c. ; a wooden coat of armour ; birds made of wood, hollow T , 
and containing stones, used as rattles ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Cases 20—22. Warlike implements, and various tools, clubs, adzes, 
&c. ; Patoo-patoos of wood and bone, &c. Various domestic utensils 
from the same part of the coast. A screen made of the feathers of an 
eagle; knives; spoons; eating-bowls; bread made of the root of the 
Casada tree (a species of Jatropha ), with an unprepared piece of the 
latter_Caps of various shapes and colours, some with representations 
of the whale fishery; combs, &c. ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Baskets made in various parts of the west coast of North America_ 
Mattings, &c. The inner bark of a species of cypress (Cupressus 
thuyoides ) in its different stages of preparation, for making mats, 
articles of dress, &c. ; a garment made of this bark by the natives of 
Banks’s Island. Specimens of sculpture ; imitations of the human 
form; masks, &c. Model of a cradle, showing the manner in which 
the flat-head Indians compress their children’s skulls, from the Co¬ 
lumbia river. Presented by P. Brinsley Hinds , R. N., 1842. 
Cases 23, 24. Various objects, chiefly collected in Mexico, and 
purchased at the sale of the Mexican Museum belonging to Mr. Bul¬ 
lock ; they consist of small statues formed of various stones, and of rude 
workmanship; a mask of stone; two statues and five fragments of ter¬ 
racotta, 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 ala¬ 
baster, 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 terracotta statue 
of a sitting figure, similar to an Egyptian sphinx; a head of a boy in 
basalt; a small vase-shaped statue; an Azteek mirror, made of a large 
