72 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



fouiul in the mounds in tins vicinity, were drawn bj^ Mr. W. II. Pratt, either 

 directly from the objects themselves, or from photographs, and then re- 

 duced with a pantagrapli. A large number of the figures of flint and stone 

 implements on Plates !)-l9 were selected and originally drawn by Miss 

 Alice French, and were afterwards transfered and prepared for the 

 engraver by Mr. Pratt, who also made some additions. It is unfortunate 

 that no description of these relics was prepared for the book. It should 

 be stated here that these plates exhibit only a very small proportion of 

 the forms to be found in the Academy's collection. The outlines of 

 skulls on Plates 20-25 were all drawn by JSIr. Pratt from the shad- 

 ows, and reduced to one-fourth of natural size with a pantograph. They 

 give a very good idea of the different shapes of the skulls. Plate 

 26 was drawn by Mr. Putnam, the upper section from the description 

 and a diagram by Mr. Tiffany, and the lower figure from an original 

 sketch. Plates 27-30 are from original sketches made in Wyoming and 

 Utah by J. D. Putnar.-i, but the lithographing has been very roughly done. 

 Plate 81 was drawn from nature by Mr. Pratt, and Plate 32 is from a 

 survey of the cut of C, R. I. & P. R. R., made by Mr. Pratt some years 

 ago. Plates 33-34 were received through the courtesy of Mr. F. VV. Put- 

 nam, Permanent Secretary of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, in exchange for an equal number of Plates 2 

 and 3. Plates 5 and 6 were also published in the Proceedings A. A. 

 A. S. Plates 35 and 36 were drawn and engraved from the original 

 specimens by Herman Strecker, of Reading, Pa., and are accurate repre- 

 sentations of the insects figured. In a limited edition these plates have 

 been colored. 



An electrotype of the map of the Albany Mounds was received from 

 the Smithsonian Institution, having been used to illustrate an article by 

 Mr. Pratt in the Report for 1873. A woodcut of one of the cloth-covered 

 axes was engraved by Mr. J. E. Rice from a photograph. 



Through the liberality of Mrs. Ebenezer Cook, a gilt stamp, represent- 

 ng one of the copper axes, has been placed on the covers of the bound 

 volumes. 



DISTRIBUTION, 



Four copies of the book were first received at the Academy Rooms on 

 August 28th, and the remainder in varying quantities at different dates, 

 the last copies being received December 5th, making a total of 990 

 complete copies, besides sixteen copies, lacking the plates, and a large 

 quantity of surplus sheets. Of this number there were : 



309 copies bound in cloth with a gilt side stamp. 



681 copies bound in paper covers. 



787 copies were printed on white paper— 154 bound. 



203 copies were printed on tinted paper— 155 bound. 



In 72 copies Plates XXXV and XXXVI were colored. 



These books were delivered at the Academy Rooms by order of the 

 Ladies' Committee having the publication in charge. With the consent, 

 and partly at the suggestion, of the Ladies, the distribution of the books 



