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notched ax (granite), -'> pieces of slate rudely worked, and 2 unfinished 

 ceremonial objects of slate; ">() specimens. 



Be says, ''The implements wash out of the cast bank of the Miami 

 River, on the bottom-lands, from a stratum of yellow clay covered by a 

 layer of black loam 8 or 1 feet in thickness." 



The thirteen disks are so well shown in the plate as to render descrip- 

 tion useless, except to say that they are the same on both sides, are 

 quite flat and thin. Their edges are not defined nor sharp enough for 

 them to have served in their present condition as a cutting implement, 

 and there is no trace of service by which their purpose (tan be surmised. 

 One has a slight notch in its edge, but it appears to have been acci- 

 dental. Others (not shown) are of different forms, one with a rude 

 hammered or chipped edge, another with a rude notch indicating a 

 possible handle, but the entire series is unusual. (Accession 20311.) 



G. B. Frazar (West Med ford, Massachusetts) sent a collection of 

 hammers, paleolithic implements, arrow and spear points, knives, etc., 

 found on the Mystic, in Medford, West Medford, and Arlington ; also at 

 Spy Pond, Arlington, Massachusetts. This collection is quite interest- 

 ing, and important from the fact that there were but very few speci- 

 mens of the paleolithic class from Massachusetts in the Museum. (Ac- 

 cession 21781.) 



Mr. P. L. Jouy, U. S. National Museum, contributed a collection from 

 the prehistoric graves in Corea, in which are included stone daggers, 

 arrow and spearheads, knives, chipped and polished hatchets, polished 

 jade, Megatama or curved jewels, amber heads, and a polished stone 

 ornament. These objects are rare and unique, and are the only speci- 

 mens of prehistoric stone implements that have been received from 

 Corea. They are a valuable contribution to prehistoric archaeology. 

 (Plate VI.) (Accession 21859.) 



From W. D. Dreher, Knoxville, Tennessee, was received a grooved 

 ax found between Loudon and Kingston, eastern Tennessee. This is 

 one of the finest specimens ever received by the Museum. (Accession 

 22057.) 



Mr. Warren K. Moorehead, Xenia, Ohio, forwarded a large and val- 

 auble collection of prehistoric antiquities, mostly from the Ohio River 

 Valley, for exhibition in the Museum. The collection deserves special 

 mention. It is the result of years of work in the field, and when the 

 specimens were obtained from other sources he has the exact locality 

 where found given, so that the identity of each specimen is secured. 

 It would be impossible to give a complete catalogue of the collection in 

 this report, but it contains examples of almost every object known to 

 American archaeologists in the localities which he has investigated. 

 The objects from mounds are mounted separately. Each specimen is 

 numbered, and Mr. Moorehead has a complete catalogue to which refer- 

 ence can he made at any time; 4710 specimens. (Accession 21695.) 



The Musee d'Ethnologie, Geneva (through Dr. II. J. Gosse, director), 



