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collected around St. Louis and in Louisiana in 1828-29 by 

 the Eight Eeverend Eosati, Bishop of St. Louis ; a valu- 

 able collection of marine and fresh water shells ; insects, 

 especially those injurious to vegetation ; star fishes and 

 sea urchins; and an extensive series of lichens and 

 mosses, chiefly from western states and territories, and 

 papier mache models of fungi, colored true to nature, 

 presented by Dr. T. C. Hilgard. 



Here were to be found distorted crania from mounds 

 near Little Eock, Arkansas, also stone axes, spear and 

 arrow heads, quoits, shells and beads and other aborig- 

 inal implements and ornaments from western states, In- 

 dian costumes, war implements, cooking utensils and 

 ornaments of the Upper Missouri Indians; a beautiful 

 series of porcelain ornaments in bas-relief, representing 

 figures of men and animals, and used as decorations in 

 the great Porcelain Tower of China ; also highly polished 

 bricks employed in its construction. 



During the years that the Academy was tenanted in 

 the Public School Library Building, the Washington Uni- 

 versity, and the Missouri Historical Society, what was 

 left of the museum and such small accessions as were ac- 

 quired from time to time were stored in basements, and, 

 consequently, of no use to the members or to the public. 



However, during the bright days of the Archaeological 

 Section in 1876 and 1877, excavations were made by the 

 Academy in the mounds of southeastern Missouri, in 

 northern Arkansas and in Illinois, the partial results of 

 which were published in a quarto memoir. The pottery 

 and the crania obtained then are among the treasures of 

 the present museum. 



In 1900 the Academy purchased the Yandell Collection 

 of palaeontological specimens, containing many of Yan- 

 dell 's own type specimens and of those described by 

 Shumard, whose collection is owned by Washington Uni- 

 versity. This collection is especially rich in Crinoids of 

 the Devonian Age and many rare types contained in it 

 are described in the first volume of the Transactions. 



