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long enough for the entire lot to be 

 cracked all to pieces. 



L'nio prcssiis.. Lea. Not common, 

 but more are found in canal than in 

 any other stream. 



Unio /ig-atncntiuiis. Lea. Found 

 in canal but not abundant. 



I'nio parvus, Barne.';. Same as 

 above. 



Anodonta plana. Say. River and 

 canal, most common in canal. 



Anodonta subcylindricjis. Lea. Our 

 most common Unio. This shell is 

 found oftener in the small streams 

 than any other Unio. 



Anodonta cdcntiila. Lea. Common. 



Margaritana rugosa, Barnes. Plen- 

 tiful in canal but seldom found else- 

 where to any great extent. 



Planorbis parvus. Say. Abundant 

 in a small pond in railroad cut, west 

 of city. 



Planorbis bicarinatns,. Say. Canal, 

 not common. 



Since these notes were begun I have 

 added two more varieties to the list, 

 viz: 



Sclcntics concava. Very rare. A 

 few were found in company with 

 Helix clevata and H. cxolcta on a hill 

 that is covered with beech, thorn and 

 locust trees. Still further south labout 

 six miles) I found one live specimen. 



Valloitia tricarinata. Say. \'ery 

 rare. 



Careful search has brought to light 

 an abundance of Liinnaca palustris 

 in a small stream that is full of water- 

 cress. This specie was reported in 

 last issue as being very rare. 



I recently made a great "find" of 

 shells within the city limits — popula- 

 tion 8,000. A certain lumber yard is 

 within a block of the business centre 

 of town and has been in use for a 

 great many years. A friend had told 

 me about there being so many shells 

 there, so I went down one morning 

 just after a rain and was well paid for 

 my trouble. Thousands of young 

 Helix altcrnata were on the ground 

 under the boards and in the grass 

 making it impossible to walk in places 



without crushing great numbers of 

 them. Xallonia costata was abun- 

 dant on dead weeds. Time being lim- 

 ited I collected only 400 //. altcrnata 

 and about 300 / '. costata. Several 

 H. altcrnata were on a Republican 

 flag-pole that stands in the lumber 

 yard. Were they looking for "pros- 

 perity.'" 



Allen Jesse Reynolds, 



Connersville, Ind. 



The Navajo Belt-weaver. 



For a number of years the writer of 

 the present article lived in New Mex- 

 ico, and, while there, such time as 

 could be spared from his duties as a 

 military surgeon at one of the stations 

 in that little frequented part of our 

 country, was entirelj' given to studies 

 of everything the region afforded. 



The camera and pencil were con- 

 stantly in use, and the several tribes 

 of Indians studied, with their simple 

 arts, their habits and their history. I 

 have watched the native weavers, both 

 among the Zuni and the Navajos, 

 manufacture their beautiful blankets, 

 belts and sashes, fabrics now so cele- 

 brated in works devoted to the ethnol- 

 ogy of these interesting people. 

 Among the Navajos one will see a 

 great many blankets made before an 

 opportunity will be presented for him 

 him to observe the labors of a belt- 

 weaver. The reason for this is that 

 blankets are a universal necessity with 

 them, while the belt is principally 

 used as a supplementary adornment in 

 dress. As my time for leaving the 

 country drew near, I almost despaired 

 of getting a good photograph of the 

 belt-weaver and the study of the loom 

 she used. But a month before my 

 departure, an Indian came into my 

 study one morning, beaming all over 

 with the welcome information that 

 one of the best weavers in the tribe 

 had started the making of a belt in 

 front of one of their huts. These In- 

 dians were then building close to the 

 confines of the garrison. 



