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FOURTH BULLETIN OF 
[ 1845 . 
DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. 
For the Cabinet, 
Collection of Seeds of Russian plants from the northern parts of 
Central Asia, collected chiefly by Dr. Schrenk, travelling in the 
service of the Emperor.— From Professor Fischer, Imperial Bo¬ 
tanical Garden, St. Petersburg. 
Turkish MSS. and other curious articles, &c.— From Samuel Haz¬ 
ard, Philadelphia. 
Fruit of the Boabab of Senegambia, Africa, or Adansonia digitata. 
From H. A. Wise, American Minister. Brazil. 
Minerals and Geological Specimens from Cape of Good Hope.— 
From Isaac Chase, American Consul. 
Vesuvian Minerals.— From T. Lloyd Halsey. 
Large Sarcophagus, inscribed with hieroglyphics, supposed to have 
contained the coffin of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus; 
procured at Beyroot, in Syria, and brought to the United States 
in the frigate Constitution.— From Commodore Jesse D. Elliot , 
U. S.N. 
Tetraedon cornutum, from Cape May, New Jersey.— From Hon. 
S. N. Palmer , Pottsville, Pennsylvania. 
Various articles, as follows, collected by Commodore Perry, while 
in command of the African Squadron, from which he has lately 
returned.— From Commodore M. C. Perry, V. S. N. 
Monkey Bread Fruit, Island of St. Jago, one of the Cape de 
Verd's. 
A curious Fish, from the Cape de Verd Islands. 
Water Serpent, Island of Martinique, West Indies. 
Frog, Island of Martinique, West Indies. 
Opossum, Island of Martinique, West Indies. 
Native Iron, Western Africa. 
Cartridge Box of a celebrated war chief of Western Africa. The 
charges are filled with loose powder; but that which is purchased 
from the traders is so weak, that an entire charger full is re¬ 
quired, even to load their cast-iron barreled muskets. 
A Mask worn by the Grand Devil, whose haunt was on the Ca- 
vally river, near Cape Palmas, west coast of Africa. 
[ Almost every tribe has its Grand Devil, a cunning impostor, known only to the 
kings, and one or two of the confidential chiefs : he lives apart in some retired 
place in the forest, called the “ Devil’s Bush.” The natives believe that he holds 
communion with the evil one, and consequently invoke his influence with his 
royal patron in their behalf. He rarely shows himself, and then only in the most 
