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mound ret.ics. 



Copper axes, 20; copper awls, 13; copper beads, about 200; carved 

 stone pipes, 14; horn and bone implements, 20 ; marine shells (drinking 

 vessels), 4 ; shell and pearl beads, 6 forms ; pottery, two vessels entire, 

 several others nearly so, and large quantities of fragments ; flint imple- 

 ments, specimens of galena, mica, obsidian, horn, etc. ; mound builders" 

 skulls, 21, beside fragments of several from different parts of the coun- 

 try. 



Of ancient implements, not from mounds, there are stone axes, flesh- 

 ing stones, hammer stones, discoidal stones, and grinding stones to the 

 number of 460, and flint (including quartz) aiTows, spear heads, hoes, 

 scrapei-s, awls, etc., to the number of 1,580. 



The collection of modern Indian implements, bows, arrows, pipes, etc.. 

 is extensive. 



GEOLOGICAL. 



Fossil shells, 250 species ; fossil corals, 100 species ; fossil crinoids, 50 

 species; fossil coal plants, 75 species; primitive rocks, minerals, ores, 

 •crystals, 3 cases. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Plants, 2500 species ; marine shells. 350 species ; corals, sponges and 

 algae, 50 species ; crabs, 8 species ; turtle shells, 8 species ; land and fresh 

 water shells (local), 110 species; land and fresh water shells (foreign), 

 400 species ; birds, mounted, 90 specimens ; birds' eggs, 30 species ; 

 mammals, 16 specimens ; skulls of mammals, 22 specimens. 



SPECIMENS IN ALCOHOL. 



Reptiles, 40 bottles ; other specimens, 40 bottles. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Mechanical models from the Patent Office, about 200. 

 Historical relics and foreign curiosities, coins, etc., 1 case. 



Among the immediate needs for the Museum I would mention : One 

 large case for birds ; five wall cases, viz : one each for Natural Histo- 

 ry, Comparative Anatomy, Mound Relics, Systematic Geology, and Lo- 

 cal Geology. A case of drawers for such specimens as cannot be other- 

 wise conveniently arranged. A quantity of boxes suitable for speci- 

 mens in cases and labels for specimens, and a quantity of alcohol and 

 bottles of the several suitable sizes. 



For the work of the ensuing year in this direction, I will venture to 

 call the attention of the Academy to the especial importance of syste- 

 matic effort in two directions, viz : A somewhat extensive exploration of 

 mounds, and a collection of the most complete possible series of the 

 fishes and reptiles of the locality. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



W. H. Pratt, Curator, 



[Proc. D. A. N. S. Vol. II.] 8 [March 1877.] 



