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Cellular substances , as pith-like stem of shola or noonaplant (AEschynonum Aspera).
Timber and fancy woods .—A great variety from all partsof India.
Animal Kingdom,
Animal Substances used as Food. —Isinglass ; fish-maws;shark fins; edible birds’-nests.
Skins of leopards, tigers, spotted deer, white or taweddeer, fawns, Bengal buffalos, goats, cows, and sheep. Cow-ries br shells. Stick-lac ; seed-lac; lac-dye ; from Bengal.
Blistering beetle. Wild boar, elephant, and porcupinebristles. Raw and tanned skins of elk, buffalo, bull, tiger,cheeta, wild cat, goat, sheep, deer, elephant, bison, andwild boar. Feathers of paddy-bird and sarus. Beetles’wings.Tusks of elephant. White ivory. Horns of bison, buffalo,6lk, antelope, and deer. From Madras.
Horn tips. Deer and buffalo horns, with and withoutskulls. Wild Mithon cow’s head, complete. Mountainsheep’s and takin’s heads. Mishmee ring pohoos. Ringpahoos without skulls. Skins of deer, otter, jowomalah,squirrel, and kooteah. Musk in bamboo bottle. Squirrel.Lizards. Lac peepul ( Ficus religiosa). Ber lac, or of Indianfig-tree. White and black twisted and untwisted wool.Jesselmere wool. Brown bear skin. Tails of the bosgruniens. Bees’-wax. Seed-lac. Tusseh or Tussur Cocoons.Raw Tusseh, best Tusseh silk. Areah cocoons.—FromBengal.
Sharks’ fins, fish-maws, ostrich and paddy bird feathers,elephant’s tusks and teeth, from Bombay, Zanzibar, kc. ,
Silk and cocoons.
Sheeps’ wool from Ladak, Tibbit Yarkhandi, Ivhotani,and Turfani; goats’ down, from Yarkend, Khoten, andTurfan, Chinese Turkey.—Lieut. Strachey, B.C.
Kulu, yak’s down. Isos-kul, down of the Tsos antelope,and a piece of the animal’s skin.
Eggs, and caterpillar. Cocoons and silk of Tussur. Eri,Moonga, and Pat silks. Saturnia mylitta (Tussur) BombyxSatumia (Moonga). Phalcema cynthia (Eri). Bombyx mori(pat.)—Ch. Huffnagle, Esq., of Calcutta.
Class V .—Machines for direct use, including Carriages.
Models of a coin-sorting machine, from the Mint atMadras.
An eka, or native carriage, and a bamboo hackery.
Model of carriage for ladies; models of Mahratta car-riages ; bullock carriage and two carts—from Lahore.
Model of state palankeen, made for the Rajah of Travan-core, by Messrs. Simpson, of Madras.
Country cart for bullocks, and basket complete, manu-factured at Chicacole.
Wooden ruth of Muchhunder Nath (a god); another, ofKumaree (a goddess); another, of Juggunnatte (a god) —from Nepaul.
Iron balance and weights: dhamee, bisowlee/seer, tin-paw,and ek paw—from Nepaul.
Class VI.— Manufacturing Machines and Tools.
Models of various spinning-wheels, from Lahore.
Spinning-wheel for making pine-apple thread.
Models of a machine for twisting together silk threads,used in weaving, and of a hand machine for spinningcotton.
Weaver’s looms, and implements for manufacturing Daccamuslins.—Dr. Wise and J. Taylor, Esq.
Model of a weaver’s loom, and of various looms and othermachines connected with weaving; preparation of flax andsilk threads, carpets, and all works in cottons and silks.Gins for cleaning cotton, &c.; implements of mining; toolsfor making filigree works; millwork, carpenter’s, and ma-son’s tools ; wooden dairy ; farming utensils ; instruments
and tools employed by native artificers in the works of bl& c *and white smiths, goldsmiths, plate-workers, and copper-P^makers, and implements of bricklayers, stone-cutters, ^other labourers.
Class YII. —Civil Engineering , Architectural , and BuildsContrivances ,
Model of a Persian wheel, from Lahore. p,
Piccotah model, for drawing water from a well, 1*Madras. . ^
Models of iron bridge in Doottee, bridges on the Brite' ^Trisool Gunga, Bishnomuti, and Bagmuti rivers, atldcommon bridges in Nepaul; from Nepaul. „ 0 p
Models of a tank, or soan dhara, and of a house, * rNepaul.
Breakwater, adapted to Madras surf.
Class VIII. —Naval Architecture , Military EngineeringOrdnance Arms and Accoutrements.
Models of vessels navigating the Indian seas.
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Buglo, naodee, gungo, koteo, and muchoo, fromSnake-boat of Cochin, catamaran of Madras,fishing-boat, ferry-boat of Cochin, bumhoat ofPoint de Gnlle canoe, batelle of Bombay, Arab A,(Capt. Hawkins), Arab dow, Cutch dingee, CutchCeylon doni, Arab bugalow, pattamar of Bombay,and 1rachee bugalo, from Bombay.
A large cargo boat and dingey, from the Ganges.
Model of a p)easure-boat of a Sikh chief, from Labor *Massulah boat, with oars, from Madras.
Model of a boat and of an oar, from Nepaul. j 6 s g
Models of Lanun pirate prahus; the first class c . acrew of 100 men, and the second class a crew of aDmen; from Mindanao. .
Model of Padewaklmn or Bugis trading prahu. *trade and the Trepang fishery is carried on in these ^Models of Sampan boats, peculiar to Singapore,classes; first class very swift: from Singapore. ^Models of the East India Company’s artillery, *three Presidencies. Military accoutrements, from
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Shako topee, silver moons, and chain used byNcp 11commissioned officers, from Nepaul. Tsep 0,1 ^
Accoutrements used by Gorkha battalion, from &Nepaul captain’s coat,"worked with gold thread. fe .Powder-flasks and powder and shot belts, fromPowder-flask, with girdle and pouches, used byfrom Nepaul. (
Matchlock, from Boondie. an d
Matchlocks, and matchlock rifles, with jests?with powder-flasks, kc., from Jcyporc, Bejnou » j g(7 frand also Dhampoor,Rohilkundand Lahore; somthe collection of the Rao of Cutch. # f ^
Guns, swords, and pistols, respectively lrRampore, Rohiikund, Malwa, kc. t , j o ubl 0
Swords of many kinds, battle-axes, single & T ^ n oC eirelied percussion guns, daggers, hatchet-kniv ,shields, bows and arrows, with quivers and fi > f —V $
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Sutt’of armour; two pieces ofarmour, nine pieces; two locks • l ’'“"^tar (model);(model); double cannon (model), mo > r jrf
Camel-gun and saddle; hSlHfun ( c«miplo‘® w ; th ***Two 3-pounder brass ornamented fcU ,complete, from Kurnool, Hfvsore.
Two brass guns and carriages, from