THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



into the desired intimate connection with the schools of the city 

 to the degree accompHshed by the present extension of the plan. 

 Recently classes of high-school boys and girls have been at the 

 Museum examining and handling mounted skins and skeletons of 

 mammals in their study of Natural History. Teachers desirous 

 of having their pupils study nature in this concrete manner 

 make application for the privilege, stating the specimens needed 

 and the line of work proposed. On the specified day the material 

 may be handled by the children under the guidance and super- 

 vision of some member of the Museum staff, i-- 



Harlan I. Smith, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, who is 

 making investigations for the Museum in the State of Washing- 

 ton, writes from the field that he has discovered prehistoric yjicto- 

 graphs carved in the rocks of the north side of Selah Cafion near 

 North Yakima. Such carved inscriptions are known along the 

 coast, but they have not been found heretofore in the interior. 

 Mr. Smith also reports finding a prehistoric quarry in the same 

 region from which the early Indian inhabitants obtained ma- 

 terial for the manufacture of flint arrowheads. 



John Hancock of Philadelphia spent a few days in June 

 going over the specimens of the Bement mineral collection in 

 Morgan Hall to add items of interest to the labels. Mr. Han- 

 cock had the care of the collection for many years while it was 

 growing under Mr. Bement's haiid ; and for this reason he has 

 been able to make valuable suggestions regarding the collection 

 as displayed in the Museum. 



A MAGNIFICENT gamet crystal from vSalida County, Colorado, 

 has just been added to the gem collection, a gift from David L. 

 Gluck, Esq. The crystal is nearly five inches high, weighs five 

 and one -half pounds and is like a model in its symmetry of 

 development. The exterior has been altered to the familiar 

 green chlorite to a slight depth, but the interior has not been 

 affected by the decomposing agencies. 



During the last week in June the Department of Mammalogy 

 and Ornithology received from J. H. Batty his second shipment 

 of skins and skulls of birds and mammals. The shipment con- 

 tained 457 birds of many species, i8 Deer, 4 Coyotes, i Fox, 11 

 Jack Rabbits, 4 Skunks, 315 small Rodents, 18 Spermopliiles, 

 I Squirrel, 10 Bats and i Turtle. The animals were obtained 

 amid the high mountains of northern Mexico, and represent the 

 fruits of much hard labor and exposure. In January Mr. Batty 

 sent in his first shipment of the present expedition, consisting of 

 142 skins of mammals collected in southern New Mexico. 



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