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copper spear-head (or knife) is a valuable addition to the scries of objects 

 of that metal thus far acquired. 



August Shmcdtie, Washington, D. C. — A stoue sinker (notched), from 

 a cave near Santo Domingo, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



Dr. D. S. Kellogg, Plattsburg, Clinton County, Xeic York. — Collection 

 of rude scrapers, leaf-shaped implements, arrow-heads, fragments of 

 pottery, and of bones of birds and quadrupeds, from old refuse heaps 

 at Plattsburg. The implements and pottery show nearly the same de- 

 gree of skill in workmanship as those from the shell-heaps ou the north- 

 ern Atlantic coast. The animal bones have been identified as belong- 

 ing to the deer (Cervus virginianvs), and to some carnivore, probably 

 the bear ( Ursus americanus). 



C. L. Uerrick, Minneapolis, Minn. — Collection of hammer-stones, chips, 

 and flakes of flint, chipped celts, arrow and spear-heads, shells and frag- 

 ments of pottery, from a shell-heap on the Tennessee River, near Deca- 

 tur, Ala. 



C. S. Grigsby, Fayetterille, Lincoln County, Tennessee. — The collections 

 sent at different times during the past year comprise : Eude and leaf- 

 shaped implements, scraj)ers, cutting-tools, perforators, arrow and spear- 

 heads, hammer-stones, pitted stones, chipped and polished celts, grooved 

 axes, discoidal stones, gaming discs (?), a pierced ceremonial weapon, 

 and pierced tablets, all from the vicinity of Fayetteville. Representa- 

 tive specimens of each class of objects have been placed on exhibition. 

 Worthy of special mention are a leaf-shaped implement, partially 

 "glazed," a fragment of a large flint implement, showing patina of con- 

 siderable depth, and some perforators, spear-heads, and a discoidal stone 

 of very line workmanship. 



J. M. Roberts, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. — Collection 

 from the vicinity of Clinton : Perforators, cutting tools, arrow and spear- 

 heads, a hammer-stone (?), a small paint-mortar of remarkable form, a 

 pestle, a small boat-shaped article, a large bead of compact quartzite, a 

 pebble showing a slight cavity, and a fragment of a polished celt. Alto- 

 gether a good collection. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Washington, D. G. — A clay vessel with handles, 

 from a child's grave in Caldwell County, Xorth Carolina. The grave 

 was half filled with ashes intermixed with hair and teeth. On top of 

 the vessel lay a round cover of native copper. 



W. T. Knott, Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. — Collection of copper 

 articles from a mound in Marion County : a celt, a breast-plate (?), 4 

 spool-shaped objects, and 2 concavo-convex discs. There were also 

 found pieces of galena, one of which was sent by Mr. Knott. 



James 8. Robinson, M. C, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio.— Collection of 

 copper and stone implements and ornaments from a mound in Hardin 

 County: 2 copper celts, a breast-plate (1), in 3 pieces, a fluted ornament 

 with silver plating, and a crescent-shaped ornament, a thin sheet of 

 silver, 9 sheets of mica, a flint scraper, an arrow-head, and a pierced tab- 



