1 84 TlMEHRI. 
The two presented to Mr. IM THURN consisted of a 
carved wooden doll, or '' baby " as it was termed by the 
Indians familiar with it, and of a beautifully finished 
head which had evidently formed a part of some piece 
of pottery, and which, from the form and arrangement of 
the hair, the nose, ears, mouth and bound beard of the 
chin, called to mind very strongly the ancient patterns 
of the East, and more especially the early Egyptian. 
The parts presented to the Museum consisted of 
various odd things, such as two old Dutch burning- 
glasses fitted into wire frames ; large crystals of quartz 
— true, transparent rock-crystal — with neatly hexagonal 
faces and terminations ; a portion of the bark of some 
tree; a common reddish quartz pebble; a roughly made 
face, evidently originally a piece of pottery on some 
ornamental object, and probably only rough-looking 
owing to its age and abrasion ; and, most curious of all, 
a neatly carved representation, in reddish quartz, of a dog 
sitting on its haunches and holding its front well up. 
In this figure the base of the fore legs is occu- 
pied by two clearly-bored holes, into which, evidently, 
it had been the custom to fit strings by which to 
pull the little object along on the ground, just as toys 
are usually drawn along by small children. It would be 
extremely interesting to ascertain whence all these 
objects were obtained by the peaiman, and what were 
the various uses to which they were put in his calling, 
but, under the circumstances, it is hardly likely that any 
light can ever be thrown on the matter. 
Guiana Land and Fresh-water Shells, — In a former 
number of this Journal (Titnehti, Vol. iv., New Series, 
