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 Objects connected ivith Folk-lore. 451 the clergyman by the bridegroom after the ceremony was per- formed. The names of the married couple are on the ribbons. Rowan-Tree Cross. This cross is put into every opening in a house, to secure the inhabitants from the intrusion of witches.

eacK arm, 25iti long, Professor A. C. Haddon.

Charm from Freshwater Bay, Papuan Gulf; representing the head of an animal, and made from a small cocoa-nut.

Fire-Charm, Murray Island, Torres Straits : a Fire-Charm always represents a seated woman, rudely cut in stone. One was placed by the fire when the owners left their hut, so that the fire might not go out.

Love Charm, Murray Island, Torres Straits.

Dugong Charm, Murray Island, Torres Straits : a small wooden image of a dugong (a Sirenian, or " Sea-Cow") was tied on to a canoe when the natives went fishing for the dugong, in order to secure success. Attached to the charm is one of the old wooden darts of the dugong harpoon, which were used before the intro- duction of iron.

Bull-roarer, Murray Island, Torres Straits. In Prince of Wales' Island, Torres Straits, the bull-roarer is still employed as a sacred instrument during the initiation ceremonies, but in Murray Island it has now degraded into a children's plaything.

Photographs, illustrating the use of masks in native dances in Torres Straits.

E. Sidney Hartland, F.S.A.

Shell from East Indies, containing little leaden images, introduced by a sacerdotal trick.

Japanese Objects. Shrine for Domestic Worship.

Kakemono : Picture of a man praying at a grave, and a ghost appearing to him,