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"wood, containing a parchment scroll of the Pentateuch. The Egyp- 

 tian exploration fund has presented some valuable Grseco-Egyptian 

 papyri. 



Among the accessions in the Division of Prehistoric Archeology 

 were a collection of implements and other objects obtained by Mr. 

 W. H. Holmes from near Kimmswick, Missouri, with the assistance 

 of Mr. Gerard Fowke, who also transmitted a number of hammer- 

 stones, flint nodules, and other objects from ancient quarries near 

 Carter, Kentucky, and a series of implements and specimens of ore, 

 which had been mined for use as paint, from aboriginal mines at 

 Leslie, Missouri, collected by Mr. Holmes. About 3,000 specimens of 

 stone implements, gathered by the late Mr. Frank Hamilton Gushing, 

 including spearheads, arrowpoints, harpoons, and tools of various 

 kinds, and a very important collection made l)y Dr. J. Walter Fewkes 

 in Porto Rico and Santo Domingo were received from the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology. The material from Santo Domingo comprises 

 many types new to the Museimi, while that from Porto Rico contains 

 several stone rings or collars, sculptured pillow stones, the remains of 

 human skeletons, and various other objects. 



A collection of stone implements of various types, pottery, bowls, 

 vases, etc., chieflj^ from the Mississippi Valley and the Pueblo region, 

 was obtained from Mr. E. O. Matthews, of Parral, Mexico, and many 

 objects illustrative of the stone age in Uruguay were received in 

 exchange from the Museo Nacional at Montevideo, through the cour- 

 tesy of Seiior Luis A. de Herrera, secretary of the Uruguayan lega- 

 tion at Washington. Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr, of London, England, 

 presented a series of paleolithic quartzite implements selected from a 

 collection made by him in the Lateritic deposits near Madras, India. 



A series of models of United States war vessels, including gunboats, 

 monitors, protected cruisers, and rams, deposited in the Museum by 

 the Navy Department, forms a very attractive exhibit, being- of espe- 

 cial interest to the pul)lic. The War Department has also deposited a 

 large number of models of heavy seacoast cannon, mountain howitzers, 

 and other types of ordnance formerly used by the Army, and examples 

 of small arms. 



Many relics of General and Mrs. U. S. Grant, of great intrinsic as 

 well as historic value, have been presented to the Museum by their 

 children, through Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U. S. Arm3\ 

 They include clothing worn by General Grant during the civil war, 

 commissions to different ranks in the Arnn' , a cabinet present to Mrs. 

 Grant by the Empress of Japan, said to be one thousand years old 

 and valued at $20,000; several Japanese vases presented by the 

 Emperor of Japan, a lady's toilet set in gold from the King and Queen 

 of Siam, and numerous other objects. 



Eight hundred and thirty-seven gold, silver, and copper coins were 

 donated to the Museum by Mr. E. ^I. Chapman, of New York City. 



