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Teramo; model in plaster of a small polished stone hatchet, the origi- 

 nal from a lacustrine habitation, Lake Varese; 2 arrowheads of flint, 

 barbed and stemmed, from Ascoli-Piceno ; 2 flint arrowheads, barbed 

 and stemmed, from Montorio, Abruzzi; 2 flint arrowheads from Sarte- 

 ano, Province of Siena; an arrowhead and 2 worked flint flakes from 

 the valley of the Vibrata, Abruzzi (collection of Dr. Concerio Rosa) ; 2 

 flint flakes or knives from the valley of the Vibrata and 1 from the 

 Ainbra; a bronze hatchet from Maremma, Tuscany. 



The following objects (11 in number) are from different localities 

 on the island of Elbe, collected by Dr. Kaffaello Foresti: Two flint 

 scrapers, Cala Giovanni; a large worked flint flake, Saut-a Lucia; a 

 flint scraper and a rude point, San Martino; a large worked flint flake, 

 Tre Acque; a flint flake — retouched — (graver?), Valley of the Inferno; 

 piece of worked stone. San Martino; a worked flint flake, Lito; a flint 

 flake (double ended) and a small polished hatchet from Lacona. (Ace. 

 24910.) 



From the same source were also received 3 modern oak disks 

 from interior Italy, turned in a lathe and decorated with concentric 

 rings. The sizes of these disks are respectively 6f by 2, If by 14, 3^ 

 by 1| inches. The North American Indians had a game called Chung- 

 kee, played with disks of stone by rolling them on the ground or court. 

 These wooden disks are used in Italy to play the similar modern game of 

 Puizzole (called Ruzzoletta when played by children with the small 

 disks). It is sometimes played by peasants, when they use disks of 

 cheese in the form common to the country, betting one cheese against 

 the other, the winner taking both. It is then called " Giuoccodel For- 

 maggio," or play of the cheese. It is played by two persons, but may 

 be by four, arranged in opposing sides. The game is played similar to 

 quoits, except that the disks are rolled on the ground instead of being- 

 pitched through the air. Goals or marks are established, and the player, 

 standing alternately at one, rolls toward the other, the disks nearest 

 the mark being the winners. This game is of great antiquity, and is 

 believed to be a survival of the classic game represented by the antique 

 statue of Discobolus. (Ace. 24919.) 



From A. \Y. White, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minn.: A rude 

 chipped implement found 15 feet below the surface in glacial drift forma- 

 tion of a railroad cut in Freeborn County; also arrow and spearheads, 

 surface finds from the same locality; 7 specimens. (Ace. 25492.) 



From Alfred Pruden, Dayton, Ohio: A copper ax found in an Indian 

 mound corner Fifth and Mound streets, Dayton, Ohio. (Ace. 25113.) 



From Warren K.Moorehead, Xenia, Ohio: Large altar of baked clay 

 (weight, 590 pounds), from a mound in the Scioto Valley, on the north 

 fork of Paint Creek, Ross County, Ohio. These altars are formed In- 

 placing a mass of clay on the surface of the ground, hollowing it out, 

 as seen in this specimen, and burning it to a brick-like hardness. The 

 cavity usually contains relics and human bones. (Ace. 25903.) 



