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, -Various instruments from Japan and China, and seve­ ral bc.autiful representations of Chinese Pagodas. A 'magnificent Hookar of silver g ilt, ornamented ■with cut glass, and standing on a Leopard’s skin deco­ rated with gold fringe, it belonged to the Nabob of Luknau and was presented by him to General Stafford in 1815, who bequeathed it to Dr. Wallick of Calcutta, and by him it has been presented to Hio present Ma- jesty. The figure of the first Danish captain who sailed to China, with the representation of his four super­ cargoes. An Amulet in gold set with precious stones represen­ ting Vishnu. Several figures in clay representing the Emperor of China, with his family and Mandarins. A Grotto with trees, flowers, animals, and birds, quite in the Chinese style. A Japan travelling kitchen of wood. The Model of a South American dwelling; it is covered with Palm leaves, and is about an Ell long; in the interior arc to be observed every description of warlike weapons used in that part of the world. The Curiosities from the Brazils, Laplahd, and Greenland, with Russian dresses are very remarkable; here is a Model of a Greenland hut, and also one of the huts in Rio D’la Plato, and the representation of a