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this general question, it is well to refer to the 

 results of others' labors in the same general field. 

 In an address before the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, at its Cleve- 

 land (Ohio) meeting, August, 1888, I referred to 

 the Lockwood collection, now at the Peabody 

 Museum at Cambridge, Mass. This series of 

 ancient stone implements is one of exceeding 

 value, because the objects are nearly all from 

 shell-heaps on the coast of New Jersey. When 

 arranging this collection, I was much impressed 

 with the fact that the argillite implements, of 

 which there were many considerable lots, were 

 all labeled by Prof. Lockwood as having been 

 found alone i. e., not associated with similar 

 objects of jasper or quartz ; and again, that 

 with the argillite was much very rude pottery, 

 that bore little resemblance to the fragments of 

 earthenware found in other places associated 

 with the jasper, quartz, and chert implements. 

 Subsequently, Prof. Lockwood informed me that, 

 while these various finds did not vary in depth, 

 they were very marked otherwise, aud he did not 

 recall any special " find " where the comming- 

 ling of the two forms indicated that they had 

 been in use at the same time. 



Taking a hint from little brooks and the sur- 

 rounding fields, let us consider, in conclusion, 

 the more pretentious rivers and their surround- 



