ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. iti 
palatableness of the acorn mush depended largely on the 
patience and skill of the woman who prepared it. A kind 
of acorn bread was also prepared by cooling the mush in 
small molds which were placed in running water. Certain 
other vegetal foods, as the pit of the islay or California wild 
cherry, required long and complicated preparation. As 
primitive beverages may be mentioned toasted chia or 
similar seeds stirred up with the fingers in cold water; a 
satisfying drink made by soaking the bark of the ash in 
water; blackberries crushed in water; and a drink prepared 
from the fruit of the manzanita. A delicious sugar was 
obtained from a species of reed, and the fruit of the Juniper 
was ground into a sweet, yellowish food. Interesting 
snatches of information reveal the former plenitude of fish 
and game. Fishing paraphernalia was evidently quite 
highly developed, both nets and harpoons having been in 
use, but the whale was not hunted, although the flesh of 
stranded whales was eagerly made use of. 
Mr. Harrington returned to Washington at the close of 
May and spent the following month in the preparation of 
manuscript material. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES. 
Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist, has been engaged in 
the correction of the proof of the Thirty-fifth Annual Report. 
Continued correspondence with Mr. George Hunt, of Fort 
Rupert, Vancouver Island, has added a considerable amount 
of new material to the original report. 
Preparatory work for the discussion of the ethnology of 
the Kwakiutl Indians was also continued during the present 
year. A chapter on place names and another one on per- 
sonal names and material for maps accompanying the 
chapters on place names has been submitted. Thanks are 
due to Dr. Edward Sapir, of the Geological Survey of Canada, 
through whose kindness the detailed surveys of the land office 
of British Columbia have been utilized. Other detailed 
maps showing the distribution of garden beds and charts 
illustrating the genealogies of a number of families have been 
prepared. 
