SS Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



We have here all the materials uecessary to determine their daily 

 domestic pursuits. Implements and tools of stone, flint and bone, pipes 

 ornamented and carved to represent animals, ornaments of shell and 

 coiDper, and even musical instruments are not wanting. Their pottery 

 is a stud}^ in itself; the designs of the ornamentation on some, and 

 representations of animals and the human face on others, show a good 

 degree of artistic taste. And another thing is very noticeable, viz: the 

 scarcity of w^arlike implements or weapons, which, with other evi- 

 dences, goes far to show that they were a peaceable, industrious race, 

 cultivating, to some extent, the earth, but mainly dependent upon the 

 products of the forest and the adjacent rivers for their subsistence. 



The favorable weather durrng the fall and winter has permitted the 

 work to go on without interiuption and many new and interest- 

 ing discoveries have since been made, an account of which will form 

 the subject of a future paper. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE CINCINNATI SOCIETY 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1880. 



Eeceipts. 



There has been received into the Treasury, from all sources, during the year end- 

 ing April 1, 1880, $9,050 52. ' 



The items are as follows. 



Dues of the past 3^ear $318 00 



Dues of jjreceding years 265 00 



Initiation fees 35 00 



^ $618 00 



Life membership, one , , , 50 00 



Interest on investments, as follows : 

 On U. S. Bonds, part 6 per cent, and part 4 per cent. ... $74 50 



On Little Miami R.R. Stock, $1,000 at 8 per cent 80 00 



On Cincinnati Southern Eailway Bonds, $2,000 at 7.30... 73 00 



On mortgage loans 4,683 07 



4,911 47 



Sales and sitbscriptions to Journal 15 00 



Investments collected in, as follows : 



U. S. 6 per cent. Bonds, " called" $1,250 00 



Mather loan, part collected...,.* 2,109 90 



Sollenberger note, balance paid in full 96 15 



_ — ^ 3,456 05 



Total amount received as above stated $9,050 52 



