holmes] ABOKIGIlSrAL AMERICAN^ AN^TIQUITIES PART I l4Y 



Shell was used for celts and gouges as well as for various minor 

 implements and personal ornaments, and wood was carved wdth 

 remarkable skill, the anthroj)omorphic and animal-shaped seats 

 being unique. Metal was scarce on the islands and the little gold 

 found by the Spaniards, although worked into personal ornaments 

 by the natives, seems to have been obtained by them from the far 

 west. 



Explorers of the West Indies include im Thurn, ten Kate, Ober, 

 Branch, Montane, Duerdin, Fewkes, de Booy, Huck- 



Explorers ' . ' "^ ' 



erby, Liatimer, and others. 



