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tained from them. It is embellished with forty-eight plates, 

 and two hundred and seven woodcuts. 



In his second work, Mr. Squier confines himself to the anti- 

 quities of the State of New York. Within these limits, how- 

 ever, he describes many ancient monuments of various kinds, 

 and he feels "warranted in estimating the number which 

 originally existed in the State at from two hundred to two 

 hundred and fifty." He comes to the conclusion, "little anti- 

 cipated," he says, " when I started on my trip of exploration," 

 that the earthworks of Western New York were erected by 

 the Iroquois, or their western neighbours, and do not possess 

 any very great antiquity. 



The systematic exploration of the ancient remains in the 

 State of Wisconsin, described in the memoir by Mr. Lapham, 

 was undertaken on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society, 

 by which the necessary funds were provided. The cost of the 

 publication, however, which from the great number of engrav- 

 ings (fifty-five plates, besides sixty-one wood engravings) was 

 considerable, was defrayed by the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and the work is included in the seventh volume of " Contri- 

 butions." 



Mr. Haven's work is well described in the title, and forms 

 an interesting introduction to the study of North American 

 Archaeology. He gives us comparatively few observations or 

 opinions of his own ; but after a careful examination of what 

 others have written, he comes to the conclusion that the 

 ancient earthworks of the United States "differ less in kind 

 than in decree from' other remains concerning which history 



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has not been entirely silent. They are more numerous, more 

 concentrated, and in some particulars on a larger scale of 

 labour, than the works which approach them on their several 

 borders, and with whose various characters they are blended 

 Their numbers may be the result of frequent changes of resi- 

 dence by a comparatively limited population, in accordance 



