ADVERTISEMENT. 



The author of the following memoir was requested to prepare an article on 

 " the methods and apparatus of prehistoric fishing," for the Report of the United 

 States Commission of Fish and Fisheries ; but the work grew to such propor- 

 tions that it was deemed advisable to consider the propriety of its publication in 

 the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 



In accordance with the rule of the Smithsonian Institution, the work was 

 submitted for examination to a commission of experts, consisting of Dr. Daniel 

 Gr. Brinton, of Philadelphia, and Professor Henry W. Haynes, of Boston. 

 These gentlemen having recommended its publication, it was accepted by the 

 Institution, and is herewith presented as an important contribution to the sum of 

 human knowledge. 



The memoir, for the most part, is based on the materials contained in the 

 archaeological division (under the direction of Dr. Rau,) of the United States 

 National Museum, of which establishment the Smithsonian Institution has the 



charge. 



SPENCER F. BAIRD, 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, December, 1884. 



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