LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 

 Kep(ikt i>f the 1)kpartmknt of Geology for the Yeah 1S99-1900. 



By (Jeorge p. Merrill. Fu.inKPrtRe. 



1. View showing wall and rail cases and installation of noniiit'tallic minerals 



on gallery of southwest eoiirt of U. 8. National Museum. Looking west. 4') 



2. View showing rail ease and installation of nonmetallii- minerals on gallery 



of southwest court of U. S. National Mu.seum. Looking north 45 



3. Basaltic columns, Bennau, near Asbach, Prussia 48 



4. Vok-anic bombs 48 



o. Faulted sandstones, Black Hills, South Dakota 50 



»). Concretionary granite, Slattem(")sse, Smiiland, Sweden 50 



7. View showing wall case and installation of invertebrate fossils on gallery 



of southeast court 50 



8. View showing storage cases in section of ]>aleobotany on gailer\' of west 



s( lutli range 52 



it. Skull of Lepidosteus Atrox, Fossil, Wyoming 54 



Anthropological Studies ix California. 

 By WiLLiA.M Henry Hol.mes. 



L Milling place of the California Indians (frontispiece) 155 



2. Stone mealing plates, Oro Flat 108 



3. Stones for rubbing and pounding, Oro Flat 1 68 



4. A. Dismantled milling place, Yankee Jim. 



H. Stone pestle, pounding-grinding stone, and wagon-axle jiestle, Yankee 



Jim ". 1 68 



5. Baskets, Todds Valley Indians 1 68 



6. Unfinished basket, Todds Valley Indians 168 



7. Basket, Todds Valley Indians * 168 



8. A. Native village at ]Murphys. 



B. Shelter for summer use, near Murphys 170 



9. Stone mortars from Stanislaus and Mokelumne valleys 170 



10. Carrying and hulling acorns 172 



1 1 . (Grinding acorn meal on stone plate 1 72 



12. .1. Pounding acorns in mortar. 



/>'. Sifting the meal — separating the coarse particles by shaking 1 72 



l.">. .1. Removing coarse particles from edge of basket. 



B. Resting from the work 1 72 



14. .1. Cleaning the meal by shaking and blowing. 



B. Pouring meal inti > sand beil for leaching 1 72 



15. A. Lifting hot stones into basket of water. 



B. Removing stones from basket of water 1 72 



16. Underground council chamber, Pomo village 1 74 



17. Construction of Poino buildings 174 



18. Carrying baskets of the Pomo Indians 174 



