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Rh In the discussion which followed, Messrs. Kirby, Hildburgh, Nutt, Tabor, and Gomme, the Rev. A. E. Scrivener, and the Chairman took part. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to the Rev. J. H. Weeks, the Rev. A. E. Scrivener, and Mr. Wright.

The following is a list of the objects exhibited by Mr. Wright:—large and small nail fetishes; 3 fetish figures (Katanga etc.); "mother and child" figure made for sale and not a fetish; ivory tusk rudely carved into a female figure; chiefs staff (Nyangwe); carved wooden deer (apparently a chief's symbol); carved mug (Kasai); carved marriage mug (Baluba); carved buffalo horn for storing hemp etc., dance bells, and fetish carried upon person (Lunda); various witch-doctors' appliances,—"medicine" spoon, ivory whistle, wristlet with charms, waist belt with jingling seeds, antelope horn whistle, carved head from hut, 2 "medicine" bags with their accessories, and 2 "medicine" holders; and a collection of 6 ivory charms (Buli etc.), two-note whistle worn as charm (Aruwimi), crocodile tooth charm, 3 tusk charms, charm with bird feathers, 2 elephant's tail etc. charms, 2 swords with charms attached to handles (Ngombe), and several glass "trade" charms made for the Congo in Bohemia.