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Yesterday, hearing that the bones of a large animal were washing 

 out oi" a clay bank at Reef Point, on the eastern side of the Pleasant 

 Itiver, 3 miles below this village, I visited the spot to see some of the 

 remains in situ. I then dug out several pieces of rib and a forearm. 



Tlie Point, which is in cultivation, is 15 feet above high water, and 

 has been washing away for many years. Mr. Oliver Look, the owner of 

 the property, informs me that it has washed off 100 feet within the last 

 sixty years. lie also showed me a tusk with a portion of the socket 

 attached, which he dug put here a few days since, and from which 1 

 juilge the remains to be those of a walrus. I inclose a rough sketch 

 and also a small piece of scale from the tusk that Ciime oiF in my hand 

 while making the sketch. These bones are in stiff blue clay about 2 

 feet above high water in a nearly vertical bank, there being feet of 

 the clay above them and aboA^e that some feet of gravel and soil. 



]Sreail3- opposite, on the west side of the bay, I found a kitchen mid- 

 den, now covered with a growth of hard wood. From it I obtained, by 

 digging, three pieces of chipped flint and a bear's tooth. 



The exact location of both these "tinds" can be obtained, if desired, 

 from our topographical sheet now in progress, by apjilication to Profes- 

 sor Hilgard, assistant in charge of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



C. H. BOYD, 

 Assistant, C. and G. Survey. 



Prof. Spencer F. Baied, 



Secyetary Smithsonian Institution. 



DIKJEtTIONS FOR COtiliECTIIVG AN» PRESERTINO FISH. 



By TARL.ETO]\ II. BEAN. 



1 "Wash the fish thoroughly in water, to remove the slime and dirt 

 that are almost invariably present upon them, not omitting the inside 

 of the month and the gills. In cleansing fish that have a tough, scale- 

 less skin, or such as have the scales firmly fixed, use a stiff paint lirush 

 or a scrubbing brush; for thin-skinned fish and such as have deciduous 

 scales, a softer brush must be taken. Some fish are covered plentifully 

 ^^ith tenacious mucus that is with great difficulty removed by water 

 alone; in such cases a solution of two tablespoonfuls of alum in a pint 

 of lukewarm water will be found efficacious. 



2. It is often necessary to preserve fish that are stale, or partially 

 digested, and offensive to the smell. Such examples may be thorouglily 

 disinfected by the use of the disinfecting solution of chloride of soda. 

 Use a tablespoonful of the solution in one pint of water. With this 

 wash the gills, and pour it into the mouth and stomach, allowing it to 

 return by the mouth. 



