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Third. A general descrii)tioii of the types aud forms of the aucieiit 

 works and of the vestiges of art found in them, with special reference 

 to the districts to wliich tbey pertain. Although the discoveries made 

 by others will be freely referred to in this division of the report, it will 

 be based chielly upon the explorations and discoveries of the Bureau 

 of Ijthuology. This part of the work will also include an attempt at a 

 liniiied classitication, by the writer; papers on the collections of pottery, 

 shells, and textile fabrics, by Mr. W. 11. Holmes ; a paper descriptive of 

 the stone articles, by Mr. Gerard Fowke; aud a pajjer on the copper 

 articles, by Mr. II. L. Eeynolds. 



Fourth. A discussion of the question Were the mound builders In- 

 dians? by the writer. 



