XIV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Facing page. 



31. Lithograph representing the passing of the Israelites through the Red Sea. 560 



32. Embroidery representing the story of the golden calf 560 



33. Tapestry representing the Judgment of Solomon 560 



34. Embroidery representing the Prophet Elijah fed by ravens 560 



35. Tapestry representing the story of Susanna • 569 



36. Tapestry representing the story of Judith and Holofernes 560 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Guide to the Study of the Collections in the Section of Applied Geology — 

 The Nonmetallic Minerals. 



By George P. Merrill. 



Page. 



1. Block of limestone with alternating bands of sulphur. Sicily, Italy. Spec- 



imen No. 60932, U.S.N. M 179 



2. Cluster of halite crystals. Stassfurt, Germany. Specimen No. 40222, 



U.S.N.M 195 



3. Geological section of Petite Anse Island, Louisiana 201 



4. Cluster of sylvite crystals. Stassfurt, Germany. Specimen No. 40223, 



U.S.N.M 203 



5. Pisolitic bauxite. Bartow County, Georgia. Specimen No. 63335,U.S.N.M- 229 



6. Map showing geological relations of Georgia and Alabama bauxite deposits. 



After C. W. Hayes 235 



7. Section showing relation of bauxite to mantle of residual clay in Georgia. 



After C. W. Hayes 236 



8. Section across paint mine at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania. After C. E. Hesse. 242 



9. Section of mica veins in Yancey County, North Carolina. After W. C. 



Kerr 288 



10. Asbestos fibers. After G. P. Merrill, Proceedings of the U. S. National 



Museum, XVIII, p. 283 297 



11. Serpentine asbestos in massive serpentine. Specimen No. 72836, U.S.N.M. 302 



12. Maj) of Nitrate region, Chile. After Fuchs and De Launay 393 



13. Section through Sulphur Mountain, California. After S. F. Peckham 432 



A Primitive Frame for Weaving Narrow Fabrics. 

 By Otis Tui-ton Mason. 



1. Chippewa heddle frame, carved from a single piece of wood 488 



2, 3. Masquakie heddle frame and shuttle 491 



4. Heddle from Helsingfors, Finland 493 



5. Heddle from Helsingfors, Finland, with shuttle 494 



6. Heddle and shuttle from Saalfeld, East Prussia 495 



7. Heddle and shuttle, set up for weaving; also warp holder. Saalfeld, East 



Prussia 496 



8. 9. Heddles from Stettin, North Germany 497 



10, 11. Heddles from Siena, Italy, and Lancaster,. Pennsylvania 499 



12. Heddle frame from Bristol, Connecticut 500 



13. Heddle frame from Bristol, Connecticut. On solid base connected by an 



ornamental leg 502 



14. Heddle from Maine, with healds disconnected at the top 503 



