REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Ill 



DRAUGHTSMEN. 



Beginning with the year 1884, the report of the National Museum 

 has consisted of a separate volume, and a section of eacli report has, 

 since and including that year, been devoted to the publication of papers 

 illustrative of collections in the National Museum. Many of these 

 papers have been illustrated by both photographs and drawings. 

 The former have been made by Mr. T. W. Smillie, photographer. It 

 has been more satisfactory in certain cases to have drawings of the ob- 

 jects prepared in the Museum, especially in connection with the illustra- 

 tion of the following papers : In Report for 1884 : " Throwing-sticks in 

 the National Museum", by Otis T. Mason (17 plates) ; " Basket-work of 

 the North American Aborigines," by Otis T. Mason (64 plates); "A 

 study of the Eskimo bows in the U. S. National Museum," by John Mur- 

 doch (12 plates) ; "The West Indian Seal," by Frederick W. True and 

 F. A. Lucas (3 plates). In Report for 1886 : " How to collect Mammal 

 skins for purposes of study and for mounting," by William T. Hornaday 

 (0 figures). In Report for 1887 : " Cradles of the American Aborigines," 

 by Otis T. Mason (45 figures) ; "The Human Beast of Burden," by Otis 

 T. Mason (54 figures) ; " Ethuo-Conchology— -A Study of Primitive 

 Money," by Robert E. C. Stearns (9 plates and 22 text figures) ; "The 

 Extermination of the American Bison," by William T. Hornaday (12 

 plates and 1 map). In the Report for 1888 : " The Indians of the North- 

 west Coast," by Ensign A. P. Xiblack (70 plates and 48 text figures) ; 

 "Fire-making apparatus in the National Museum," by Walter Hough 

 (8 plates and 60 text figures). 



Illustrations for papers on " Eskimo Strike-a-Light," by Walter Hough; 

 " Skin Scrapers," by Otis T. Mason ; and " Easter Island," by Paymaster 

 William J. Thomson, U. S. Navy, are now being prepared. 



The drawings for the greater part of these* illustrations have been 

 made by Mr. W. H. Chandlee and Mr. W. H. Burger, both of wiiora are 

 in the employ of the Museum, and have been especially assigned to the 

 Department of Ethnology, from which department have emanated the 

 larger proportion of illustrated papers. 



A great deal of time has been occupied in piece work connected with 

 general administration and covering the entire field of draughting, em- 

 bracing topographical and architectural work, tracings and sketch maps, 

 engrossing, lettering, table designing, sketching of articles temporarily 

 in the Museum, coloring of maps and charts, and artistic color work. 

 For these purposes the following mediums were required: oil-colors and 

 water-colors (transparent and opaque), pens and ink, lead pencils, cray- 

 ous (Conte and lithographic), charcoal, and lamp-black. 



G.— ACCESSIONS. 



The total number of accessions to the Museum during the year was 

 1347. 



A tabic showing the number of accessions to the .Museum each year, 



