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very great desideratum in our collection would be supplied that would engage 

 our most earnest attention. 

 The articles in question are — 



I. Three casts, in plaster, taken from living individuals, viz : 1, an unmixed 

 Lap, 39 years old ; 2, a man whose father was a Fin from Russian Finland, 

 and whose mother was a Lap, 42 years old ; 3, a man whose grandmother was 

 a Swede, (of the Teutonic stock,) otherwise Lap, 43 years. 



II. Four photographic portraits : 1, mixture of Lap and Fin, 28 years ; 2, 

 74 years ; 3, 28 years ; 4, 38 years — pure Laps. 



III. A reindeer, harnessed with its sledge. The sledge is canoe-shaped, so 

 as to he able to move upon the deepest and softest snow without going down into it. 



IV. A pair of snow-shoes, being very long pieces of thin wood, with which 

 the Lap can walk upon soft snow. They have straps or stirrups to put the 

 feet into. The man moves on with the staff. 



V. A pair of pack-saddles, with which they move their luggage in. summer 

 on the back of the reindeers ; included is a model of a wooden tub and a cask ; 

 two flat pieces of wood to lay across the back of the reindeer are attached. 



VI. A trunk, in which is included the wooden bowl for preserving the rein- 

 deer milk, and the press for making cheese out of it. 



VII. A spade for removing the snow. 



VIII. Two large wooden bowls. 



IX. A tent ; in the middle the fireplace and two pots hanging over it ; 

 behind is a scaffolding of wood for their stores, raised upon poles, so that it 

 may not be attacked by dogs. 



Confiding in your interest for the advancement of science, I remain, very 

 respectfully, your obedient servant, 



LOUIS KR DAA. 

 Joseph Henry, Esq., 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 



[These articles are now in the museum.] 



Kaiserliche-Konigliche Geologische Reichs-Anstalt, 



Vienna, December 11, 1863. 

 Sir : I have the honor to transmit to you for the Smithsonian Institution a 

 series of tertiary fossils from the Vienna basin, viz : 



From the Congeria beds 6 species. 



From the Oerithium beds 10 species. 



From the Marine beds 270 epecies. 



Total 2SG species. 



In the box prepared to be sent you will find, 1, the present letter ; 2, a sys- 

 tematic catalogue, with tabular reference to the localities ; 3, a catalogue in 

 which the localities are kept separate ; 4, a guide of geographical reference for 

 the localities. The number of specimens or lots in catalogue 3 is 622. Beside 

 these there are a number imperfectly determined or not belonging to Austrian 

 localities. The rest will give a pretty fair idea of the leading or type mollusca 

 of our Vienna basin. The series here offered has been composed or selected 

 under the auspices of Dr. Homes, director of the Imperial Museum of Miner- 

 alogy, and he placed it at the disposal of our Imperial Geological Institute, so 

 that I beg you will consider it as a joint offer from both establishments. 



I have the honor to be, dear sir, ever most truly yours, 



W. HAIDINGER. 



