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It will be interesting to ascertain -wliether it is found on the Sula 

 Islands, which are situated almost between Celebes and Bum. 



Pi'of. Bickuiore also exhibited seven pairs of antlers of theAmboina 

 stag, Cervus moluccensis of Quoy and Gaimard (Voyage of the 

 Astrolabe, pi. 24 and 25), and three pairs of the skulls and horns of 

 the antelope from Celebes, Anoa depressicornis H. Smith. The only 

 species allied to it occurs in Africa, which continent is the home of 

 the antelopes. 



Celebes is the western border of the old Australian Continent, the 

 fauna of Borneo being Asiatic. The anoa, babirussa arid wild hog, 

 are the largest mammals of Celebes and the islands east of it ; and 

 as already noticed, even the babirussa is not known to occur east of 

 Burn, while in Borneo the elephant, the rhinoceros, and other great 

 animals are common. 



Mr. F. "W. Putnam exhibited a stone "bread pan" and 

 "crusher," obtained in Nicaragua, by Mr. McNeil. Judging 

 from their place of discovery, they were evidently relics of 

 an ancient race, and yet the same sort of utensils are still 

 used by the natives in the interior of the country. The 

 crusher was similar to some forms of the so-called pestles of 

 the aborigines of New England, and probably served the 

 same purpose. 



Dr. Samuel A. Green exhibited a hard, polished stone, with 

 numerous parallel groovings, artificially worn on either side 

 of one of the edges. Dr. J. Wyman stated that he had met 

 with similar stones from Europe, but this was the first speci- 

 men he had seen from this country. 



In a desultory conversation which followed upon these and 

 similar topics, Dr. Wyman said it was a noticeable fact that 

 the large stone implements of this country were fashioned 

 by means of some picking instrument, and that even holes 

 were bored through some of them in the same way. The 

 inscrij^tions on the Dighton rock are of a similar character, 

 and it is difficult to decide what material in the possession of 

 the aborigines could have made so effectual a tool. Any an- 

 gular stone imjileraent would have been quickly shattered or 



