been let in and secured with two rivets. I am of opinion that originally the ivory was at least double the length, and formed the blade, and that when the piece of iron had been acquired, the ivory was reduced in length and the iron point inserted. Fig. 4 is a third variety of these weapons, the blade formed from the tusk of a large walrus, by being sawn down the middle, is also attached to the haft of drift wood by a cord of tendon or sinew drawn through holes in a like manner to fig. 5. This specimen is of considerable antiquity, and of a form now rarely used. The sling handles, fig. I and 2 previously referred to, illustrate the faculty of imitation possessed by these people. They both are fair representations of the common seal, that is to say, as fair as could be formed from a piece of ivory, the original purpose of which was to be the handle of a sling. The hind flippers are ingeniously arranged so as to give a groove or slot for the loose cord to lie in. Fig. 8 is a harpoon head of great age, from a grave, and of a type now rarely, if ever, used. Fig. 7 is a stone point from a harpoon head, and, like fig. 6, has become a relic of past glories. It is of a hard black slate, and is polished to a fine surface. Fig. 9 is a fine example of the stone arrow head-the type is nearer to the American than the European forms, and it is still more interesting from the fact that it has a portion of the shaft still attached to it by the original fastening of fine sinew. This was also exhibited by the Honorary Secretary, and belonged along with No. 3 to the late Captain Scoresby. The Rev. E. F. Letts read a paper on the Misereres of the Manchester Cathedral (see p. 130). A conversation followed, in which the Rev. E. Odgers, Messrs. G. French, H. H. Sales, J. A. Eastwood, S. Jackson, W. Norbury, G. Esdaile, R. Peel, W. Horsfall, A. Nicholson, N. Heywood, W. D. Warburton, J. Bannister, and the Chairman took part. New members elected: Edgar Attkins, William Brimelow, Miss Jackson. Y |