LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. XIII 



Facing page. 



12. Sea-otter harpoon, Bristol Bay. Alaska 294 



13. Long-handled l)arl)ed harp< ion, Bristol Bay 296 



14 and 15. Toggle harpoon, line, and iioat, Knsilvak, Yukon River 298 



16 and 17. Barbed ^ea-otter harpoon arrows, Alaskan Peninsula 300 



18. Barbed harpoon dart f( ir throwing stick - 302 



19. Barbed harpoon with tioat, Kadiak, Alaska 304 



A Sketch of the History of the Ceramic Art in China, with a Catalogue of 



THE HipPisLEY Collection of Chinese Porcelains. 



By Alfred E. Hippisley. 



1. Bowls of white K'anghsi porcelain (Nos. 27 and 46) 374 



2. Vases of K'anghsi porcelain (No. 53) and Chienlung porcelain (No. 236). 378 



3. Vases of white K'anghsi porcelain ( Nos. 81 and 60) 382 



4. Vase of K'anghsi porcelain ( No. 82) - - 384 



5. Plates of white Yungcheng porcelain (Nos. 117 and 118) 386 



6. Vases of white Y^ungcheng porcelain (Nos. 130, 125, and 129) 388 



7. Vases of white Yungcheng porcelain (Nos. 133, 128, and 124) 388 



8. Pilgrim-bottle of white Chienlung porcelain (No. 176) 390 



9. Plates of Chienlung porcelain (Xos. 191 and 192) and pencil holder 



( No. 221 ) 392 



10. Vases of Chienlung porcelain (Nos. 195 and 194) 394 



11. Vase of Chienlung porcelain ( No. 202) 394 



12. Vase of wdiite porcelain (No. 206) 396 



13. Vases of white Chienlung porcelain (Nos. 220, 226, and 185) 398 



14. Vase of white Chienlung porcelain (No. 235) 398 



15. Vase of white Chienlung porcelain ( No. 238) 398 



16. Vase of white Chienlung porcelain ( No. 245 ) 400 



17. Vases of white Chienlung porcelain (Nos. 264 and 204) 402 



18. Teapot and cups of Chienlung porcelain (Nos. 330-332) 406 



19. Rice bowls of Yungcheng porcelain (Nos. 329 and 328) and vase of 



Chienlung porcelain ( No. 336) 406 



20. Pencil holder and wine cups of Ku Yiiehhsiian ware (Nos. 327, 325, and 



326) 408 



21. Vases of white Chienlung porcelain (Nos. 333 and 334) 408 



Contributions to the History of INIusical Scales. 

 By Charles Kasson Weau. 



1 . Stringed instruments 444 



2. Flutes with equal-spaced holes 446 



3. Flutes Avith equal-spaced holes 448 



4. Flutes with equal-spaced holes 450 



5. Flutes with holes in two gn )ups 452 



6. Flutes w'ith holes in two gnjups 454 



7. Central American resonators or whistles 456 



8. Composite instruments 458 



9. Pan's pipes 460 



10. Scales given by resonators 462 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Collections of Gems in the U. S. National 



Museum. 



By Wirt T.\ssin. 



1. Banded nodules of azurite and malachite, Morenci, Arizona. Specimen No. 



48567, U.S.N.M 490 



2. Crocidolite in quartz, Griqualana West, South Africa. Specimen No. 47105, 



U.S.N.M 500 



