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Several articles of a comparative nature treating of collec- 

 tions of archaeological material in the museum have materi- 

 ally added to the progress of archaeology. Among these may 

 be mentioned a work, by Doctor Charles Rau, on " Prehis- 

 toric Fishing in Europe and North America." This large 

 volume was published in two parts, forming an article of three 

 hundred and sixty pages with four hundred and six figures. 

 About one-third of the memoir was devoted to archaeological 

 relics of Europe, classified in the three epochs, of the palaeo- 

 lithic, neolithic, and bronze ages. The second part deals 

 with archaeological fishing implements, and relics of North 

 America, and considers such topics as " Fishing Implements 

 and Utensils," "Boats and Appurtenances," and "Aboriginal 

 Representations of Fishes, Aquatic Animals," etc. The chap- 

 ter on " Artificial Shell Deposits " is of great value. This 

 work has a historical side no less important than the archaeo- 

 logical, and embraces many early documentary and printed 

 references to aboriginal fishing scattered in various writings, 

 most of which are inaccessible to the public save with great 

 difficulty. Doctor Rau was an industrious contributor to the 

 Smithsonian Reports from 1864 to 1883, and his articles on 

 "Agricultural Flint Implements," " Drilling in Stone without 

 Metal," "North American Stone Implements," and "Ancient 

 Aboriginal Trade in North America" testify to the breadth 

 of his archaeological work in special lines. 



Although the greater part of the archaeological industry 

 of the Institution has been turned to the antiquities of 

 America, other countries have not been neglected. The 

 publications have reprinted important articles by masters in 

 the science, as, Hamy, on the probable " Home of the 

 Troglodyte"; Tylor, on the "Prehistoric Races of Italy," and 

 Quatrefages, on "The Advent of Man in America." The 

 Reports contain likewise articles by Evans on "The An- 



