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which two huudred and seventeen were ijaleolithic, all from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. 



Mr. S. V. Proudfit, of Washington City, sent (accession 20003, Cata- 

 logue jS"os. 137060-137070) sixty-seven specimens, of which fifty-three 

 were paleolithic, and (accession 20358, Catalogue l^os. 139244-139289) 

 one hundred and thirty-one arrow and spear heads. All these speci- 

 mens were from the District of Columbia, and were intended by their 

 donor to constitute a series which would represent all forms of chipped 

 flint implements from this neighborhood. 



Mr. Ernest Shoemaker, of Washington City, sent (accession 20175, 

 Catalogue Nos. 139007-134010) thirty-five specimens, the greater part of 

 which were of the paleolithic type, from the District of Columbia. 



The curator has, during'the past year, assisted by Professors Gilbert, 

 McGee, and Holmes, and Messrs. Henshaw and Gill, of the U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey, found in the neighborhood of Washington, principally on 

 the hills and bluffs of E,ock Creek and Piney Branch, a great number 

 of paleolithic implements. The accession is 20034 (Catalogue Nos. 

 137551-137583) and consists of two huudred and ninety- nine speci- 

 mens. 



Prof. G. H. Perkins, of the University of Vermont, Burlington, sent 

 three collections (accessions 20554, 20734, 20878, Catalogue Nos. 139428- 

 139429, 139659-139666, 139724-139730), one hundred and fourteen speci- 

 mens, principally paleolithic, from northern Vermont. 



Mr. Edward Lovett, West Burton House, Outram Eoad, Croydon, 

 England, sent, by accessions 18743, 20116, 20225 (Catalogue Nos. 139056- 

 139100, 139101-139125, 139126-139149), a collection of two hundred and 

 ninety-nine specimens, sixteen paleolithic. The collection comprises 

 implements and objects from England, Scotland, Ireland, and India. 

 There were small arrow-heads from Arabia, large fragments of Samian 

 ware belonging to the epoch of Eoman occupation in England and there 

 lately discovered, many specimens illustrating flint flaking and the 

 mode of fabrication of gun-flints. 



Mr. William Ransom, of Fairfield, Hitchin, England, sent (accession 

 20668, Catalogue Nos. 139466-139488) twenty-eight specimens, of which 

 eight were paleolithic, from England; neolithic implements from Nor- 

 way and Sweden, and fragments of Samian ware belonging to the 

 Koman epoch, from the city of London, found 10 to 20 feet below the 

 surface. 



Another accession (21181, Catalogue No. 139817) which may prove of 

 importance is a flint implement of the rudest type, being merely chipped 

 to a point, or with an edge not more than' an inch in width, which was 

 discovered by Mr. William Taylor, of San Diego, Tex., in San Diego 

 Creek, one-half mile from the town of San Diego. It was found by him 

 3 or 4 or more feet under the surface in undisturbed layers. Mr. Taylor 

 has found several other implements of the same kind, showing that this 

 was not a solitary or isolated case. This implement becomes important 



