136 — History of mers and of Vitrification. 
*Combustibles used, pidicating them in the —— manner pos- 
sible. 
IV. Information peculiar to the country. 
1.. To designate the principal manufactures of pottery, glass and 
porcelain i in your vicinity. 
2. Whether there is in North Ainetion; ancient pottery; that is to 
say, pottery fabricated in remote ages, and which has not been made 
for a long time. ‘This pottery is found in general in alluvial soil, in 
the ruins of towns, and perhaps, as in some parts of Italy, and of 
South America, and of the oriental countries of the ancient world, 
in the graves or tumuli. In Europe, these things have often been 
admitted into museums as monuments of antiquity, but almost never 
as in relation to the art of pottery and its history. It is in this latter 
point of view that I recard them, and that I have collected a great 
number of the ancient piéces of pottery in the museum at Sevres. 
To endeavor to collect some pieces of this antique pottery, and to 
indicate exactly the place and the circumstances in which they have 
been found, and to endeavor to decide whether it had anciently any 
celebrity, always however mistrusting the deception of the sellers. 
* 3. Whether there is knowledge from traditions, inscriptions, &c., 
that the natives (aborigines) of North America have ever a 
or known glass. 
General instructions in relation to the purchase, packing and for- 
warding of the objects collected. 
The expenses which may be incurred in procuring the specimens 
and the information, will be reimbursed by the administration of the 
Royal Manufactory of Porcelain, upon the statement sent to the 
person who shall be designated to receive the amount. 
It is expected that these expenses will not rise to a great amount: 
it is requested, in any event, that they may not exceed, in any one 
year, the sum granted, i. e. 200 francs for 1836, ($40); 200 for 
1837; at least without a previous understanding with the adminis- 
trator of the Royal Manufactory at Sévres. 
It will be necessary to pack the pieces with great care, and to 
consign them to a merchant i in one of the ports of France, to be for- 
warded by way of slow transportation to the administrator of the 
Royal Manufacture of Porcelain ; forwarding also the expenses of 
transportation. 
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* The requests for information and for specimens, apply equally to glass manu- 
factures and their productions. 
