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and unpolished; a small copper hatchet, a copper chisel 5 inches long, 

 20 copper ornaments, 6 or 7 large shells, some of which are said to hold 

 a gallon of water; some shell discs or beads, and pieces of bark or cane- 

 matting, 6 inches square, but very much decayed. Scattered among the 

 bones were about 200 pounds of very fine lead ore. The troughs did not 

 contain any bones, but some of the lead ore was in one of them. The 

 ornaments mentioned were of native copper and perhaps beaten out with 

 stone hammers, as the workmanship was very rude. The chisel and 

 one of the ornaments are now at the residenoe of the late Rev. William 

 Crump, in this county." 



William Pengelly, Torquay, England. — Collection of bones, teeth, &c, 

 from Kent's Cavern, near Torquay; 23 finds from the cave-earth or 

 hyenine deposit, and 7 from the breccia or ursine deposit, the oldest in 

 the cavern; in all, 1,270 specimens. It is to be regretted that Mr. Pen- 

 gelly has sent the bones undetermined. They were for the present 

 placed on exhibition according to the layers in which they occurred. 



Iu Belding, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. — Collection from 

 the neighborheod of La Paz, Lower California : Arrow and spear-heads 

 (some very fine), and a human skull and 10 bones. I take from the 

 letter of Mr. Belding the following: "The skull and bones (which are 

 probably those of the ancient Periciies) were dug out of coarse, dry, 

 granite sand in a cave, or overhanging rock, at a rancho called Zorillo, 

 20 miles north of Cape Saint Lucas. They were neatly wrapped in 

 cloth made from the fibre of the agave — three-ply cord, made as sailors 

 plait sennit." 



H. F. Emeric, Guaymas, State of Sonora, Mexico. — Two celt-shaped 

 implements, 2 shuttle-shaped objects, an ornamented reel (?), carved from 

 slate, and an amulet of alabaster (animal-shaped), found 6J feet under 

 loose rock and on the original surface. The Indians here do not know 

 anything concerning the relics, and there are no signs of a mound 

 where they were found. 



Rev. Samuel Lockwood, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. — A 

 cast of a human head carved in stone. The original, found within a mile 

 of the shore of Raritan Bay, Monmouth County, N. J., was loaned by 

 Mr. Lockwood for the purpose of making a cast at the National Museum. 

 For a detailed account see "American Naturalist," October 1882, p. 799. 



A. Fairhurst, Lexington, Ey. — Collection from Knox County, Indiana, 

 and from Clark and Bourbon Counties, Kentucky: Arrow and spear- 

 heads, hammer-stones, polished celts, grooved axes, a pierced tablet, 

 and a ceremonial weapon. Mostly very good specimens. 



John E. Younglove, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. — Col- 

 lection from the vicinity of Bowling Green : Leaf-shaped implements, a 

 cutting tool, a notched scraper, a perforator, arrow and spear-heads, and 

 small pierced shell discs. 



Robert Ridg way, U. S. National Museum. — Small collection from Wheat- 

 land, Knox County, Indiana: Flakes, rude and leaf-shaped implements, 



