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George W. Deau, Kent, Ohio, February 8, 1888. Has thirty-oue rude impleraeuts 

 of chert, from :j to 4 inches in length by U to 2f in width by i to 1 inch in thickness. 

 From Trumbull, Portage, and Summit Counties, Ohio. 



Dr. Herbert Tvvitchell, Hamilton, Ohio, March 28, 1883. Has nothing paleolithic. 

 Sent tin-type of large spear-head. 



A. P. Pease, Massillon, Ohio, March 24, 1888. Has ninety rnde chipped implements 

 of colored chert, varying in length from 2 to b or C inches, given him by farmers who 

 plowed them up. Can exchange twenty for publications on this subject. Expects 

 ^ to get a caclw of Hints, found while digging a ditch. He has the largest private col- 

 lection in this county (Stark), numbering over one thousand specimens, which he will 

 sell for $500 cash. 



I. H. Harris, Wayuesville, Ohio, February 11, 1883. Has two or three hundred 

 " chips and unfinished implements." All from Fort Ancient. 



R. T. Manning, Youngstown, Ohio, March 5, 1888: Has twelve rude implements of 

 flint; found in southern Ohio. 



James H. Smith, Licking County, Pioneer Historical and Antiquarian Society, 

 Newark, Ohio, February 8, 1888. Has none and knows of none. 



Horace P. Smith, custodian Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 108 Broadway, 

 : Cincinnati, Ohio, April 10, 1888. Has but a small number of these implements in the 

 collection. Cannot be sent for verification without the action of the executivj board 

 of th'> society. 



John H. Lemon. New Albany, Indiana, February 14, 1888. Writes from Escondido, 

 California. Has one hundred paleolithic implements of white, red, and gray flint; 

 found on the surface near falls of the Ohio. 



T. L. Dickerson, Fairfield, Indiana, February 13, 1888. Has many of these rude 

 implements of chert, sandstone, sometimes of bastard granite, and striped slate ; found 

 on the surface near springs, camp sites, etc., and associated witli broken implements 

 and chips, indicating shops and manufactories. Deposit accidental, except where 

 cached. 



E. L. Guthrie, Adams, Indiana, February 20, 1888. Has a few very fine specimens 

 (not paleolithic), found on the surface in this county (Decatur), Indiana. Sends many 

 tracings of fine implements. Will not part with them— but gladly loan for com- 

 parison. 



William W. Borden, New Providence, Indiana, March 23, 1888. Has quite a large 

 collection of stone implements of various kinds. Has purchased several cabinets. 

 Has the collection of the late Dr. James Knapp,of Louisville, Kentucky, Will 

 forward some specimens soon. 



C. S. Arthur, Portland, Indiana, March 20, 1888. Has seventy-five of flint; found 

 on the surface in dilferent localities in Jay County. A nest, or cache, of sixty were 

 uncovered by the plow about 5 miles from here. Another lot was found in Adams 

 County, buried in sand. They have never been described. 



E. Pleas. Dunreith, Indiana, February 10, 1888. Has one hundred rude imple- 

 ments. Can spare thirty or forty from Van Buren County, Arkansas, and thirty from 

 Henry County, Indiana. 



Charles H. Bryan, Muncie, Indiana, February 9, 1883. Has a number found on the 

 surface in Logan and Hancock Counties, Ohio, and Jay County, Indiana. Has some 

 likeNo. 768 and No. 8904. Could collect fifteen or twenty specimens to send. Has some 

 which he will give. 



John W. Linck, Madison, Indiana, February 17, 1888. Don't know anything about 

 paleoliths, but .Jesse Wagner has a petrified head of a buffalo. 



William Robertson, Farmland, Indiana, March 20, 1888. Has over one hundred, 

 mostly of granite; found on the surface in Randolph County, Indiana. 



Mem. — Surely not paleolithic. 



D. A. K. Andrus, Rockford, Illinois, February 7, 1888. Has none and knows of 

 none. 



