590 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



New Madrid, Missouri, and elsewhere in that state, by Pro- 

 fessor J. C. Swallow, and purchased from him for the sum 

 of $1500. An immense variety of curious vases, pots, and 

 other articles was obtained, the former contracted at the 

 top, where human and animal figures of considerable excel- 

 lence of execution are represented. A very interesting por- 

 tion of the report is that in which Professor Putnam details 

 the results of his visits to sundry caves in Kentucky and In- 

 diana, and especially his discovery, in places far removed 

 from the entrance, of foot-prints of the prehistoric races 

 made in the dust, together with sandals of grass, various 

 articles of dress, and clothing materials. 



