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j)erforated to be worn, and every one having been ground to a sharp 

 edge at the base, on one side, were used for some purpose unknown. 

 The so-called "gorgets," too, which consist of thin, flat, rectangular 

 stones, from four to eight inches in length, an inch to an inch and a 

 half in width, and an eighth to a quarter of an inch in thickness, hav- 

 ing two or more perforations in the central part, were used for some 

 purpose not fully understood. They have generally been supposed to 

 have been ornaments or badges of distinction, and are hence called 

 " gorgets," but this use has not, by any means, been definitely ascer- 

 tained. Some idea of ornament seems to be manifested in the carving 

 on the shell, and it is to be regretted that no more of it is preserved. 

 These people must have acquired some idea of the size of the continent, 

 however vague, for no doubt can be entertained that the copper awls 

 came from the Lake Superior region, and the Pyrulas from the Gulf 

 of Mexico. 



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The Journal. — This number completes the first volume of the 

 "Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science," and we take this oppor- 

 tunity to express our obligations for the favorable notices, and 

 criticisms, it has received from the National Normal, American Journal 

 of Science and Arts, and all the Cincinnati daily papers, Times, 

 Enquirer, Gazette, Commercial, Star, Volksblatt and Volksfreund. 



The work must speak for itself, and, therefore, no further review 

 will be made, than to mention the fact, that twenty-five new species, 

 belonging to the fossil remains, of the Cincinnati Group have been 

 named, figured and defined, and that three genera, before unknown, 

 have been added to the column of animal life during the year, 

 without mentioning other published matter. But little, however, of 

 the great store-house of animal remains of the Silurian age has yet 

 been explored, and no department has been exhausted. Relics of 

 ocean life, un proclaimed and undiscovered, doubtless exist in the 

 bosom of every hill, and lie scattered on the exposed banks of surplus 

 earth from every quarry, awaiting the services of the pick and shovel, 

 or the hand of the collector to make them known to the paleontologist 

 for definition and classification. If the Journal is published the 

 ensuuig year, it is not difficult to foresee from whence as many new 

 species will be derived for description and publication as have been 

 defined and illustrated during the present year. 



