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February 9. Capt. 0. E. Diittou, U. S. A.' The Hawaiian Islands and 

 People. 



February 18. Prof. John Murdoch, Eskimo Life at Point Barrow. 



February 23. Prof. Harvey W. Wiley, The Sugar Industry of the 

 North. 



March 1. Prof. Harvey W. Wiley, The Sugar Industry of the 

 North. 



March 8. Prof. Simon Newcomb, Psychic Force. 



March 15. Mr. John A. Ryder, Protoplasm in the Light of Recent 

 Investigations. 



March 22. Dr. Frank Baker, The New Phrenology. 



March 29. Dr. D. Webster Prentiss, The Bird Life of the District of 

 Columbia. 



April 5. Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, The Great Ice Invasion of North 

 America. 



April 12. Dr. W. W. Godding, What shall we do with the Ine- 

 briates ? 



April 19. Prof. J. S. Newberry, The Industrial Arts as Factors in 

 Modern History. 



April 2C. Maj. J. W. Powell, The Canons of the Colorado. 



BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



The prosecution of ethnologic researches among the North American 

 Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution and in compliance with act of Congress, was continued during 

 the year 1884, under the charge of Maj. J. W. Powell, who has furnished 

 the following account of operations. 



They may be conveniently reported upon under the two general heads 

 of Field Work and Office Work, the latter to a large extent being the 

 supplement to and discussion of the former, and executed by the same 

 officers, who had j)reviously obtained materials and information in the 

 field. 



1. Field Wor¥. 



This heading may be divided into, 1st, Mound Explorations; 2d, 

 Collections from Ancient and Modern Stone Villages; and, 3d, General 

 Field Studies, embracing those in Institutions, Linguistics, and other 

 divisions of Anthropology. 



Mound Explorations. — The work of exploring the mounds and other 

 ancient monuments of our country, begun in 1882, was carried on dur- 

 ing the year 1884, under the charge of Prof. Cyrus Thomas. 



The same persons, viz, Mr. P. W. Norris, Mr. James D. Middleton, 

 and Dr. Edward Palmer, who had been engaged during the previous 

 year, were retained as the regular field assistants, but Dr. Palmer ceased 

 to be connected with the work after the 30th of June, being then suc- 

 ceeded by Mr. John P. Rogan. 



