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sites, — so much so, that the prospect of gain cannot 

 induce them to collect any of their ancient remains, or 

 to reveal the location of these ruins to the white man. 

 Other ruins they explore as thoroughly as their rude 

 means will permit, without any compunction. 



Stone implements, and stone images of animals, 

 used as fetiches, were also collected. Many speci- 

 mens of basket-ware — some of types not made by 

 the present pueblos — were secured. The art of 

 basket-making flourishes best among the O-rai-bes, 

 who exchange their products for the pottery of the 

 other villages. Most of these are made in the form 

 of flat, circular trays, of two styles of manufacture, 

 — one a wooden variety, very light, made by the peo- 

 ple of 0-rai-be only; the other type, coiled spirally, 

 and much stronger and heavier, is made by both the 

 O-rai-bes, and the inhabitants of the villages on the 

 middle mesa. 



A large number of brightly decorated wooden im- 

 ages — representations of gods presiding over various 

 dances — were collected. Some of these had been 

 deposited at a sacrificial shrine that was discovered 

 in the vicinity of Me-shong-i-ni-vi. 



PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. 



State university of Kansas, Lawrence. 



Weather report for February. — Although the low- 

 est temperature of this month was one degree lower 

 than any previous February minimum of our sixteen- 

 years' record, its mean temperature was not so low as 

 in 1874, 1875, and 1881. The mean height of the ba- 

 rometer exceeded every previous monthly mean. The 

 rainfall was nearly double the average; and this is 

 but the third month in the past year in which the 

 rainfall has reached the average. The cloudiness 

 and humidity were much above the average, while 

 the wind-velocity and depth of snow were normal. 

 Before the ice ' broke up ' in the Kansas river in the 

 middle of the month, it had reached a thickness of 

 twenty inches. 



Mean temperature, 27.92°, which is 5.64° below 

 the average February temperature of the fifteen pre- 

 ceding years. The highest temperature was 67°, on 

 the 28th; the lowest was 13° below zero, on the 4th; 

 monthly range, 80°. The mercury fell below zero on 

 three days. Mean temperature at 7 a.m., 21.34°; at 

 2 P.M., .34.44°; at 9 p.m., 27.96°. 



The winter now closing, although cold, has been 

 less severe than the winters of 1872-73, 1874-75, and 

 1880-81. 



Rainfall, including melted snow, 2.31 inches, which 

 is 1.05 inches above the February average. Rain or 

 snow, or both, fell on ten days, on one of which the 

 quantity was too small to measure. The depth of 

 snow was 4 inches. The entire depth of snow for 

 the winter has been 14i inches. There was one 

 thunder-shower, with sleet, on the 3d. 



Mean cloudiness, 51.67 % of the sky, the month 

 being 5.98 % cloudier than the average. Number of 

 clear days i(less than one-third cloudy), 12; entirely 

 clear, 3; half-clear (from one to two "thirds cloudy), 

 5; cloudy (more than two-thirds), 11; entirely cloudy, 

 7; mean cloudiness, — at 7 a.m., 55.i36 %; at 2 p.m., 

 55.71 %; at 9 P.M., 43.93%. 



Wind, N.W. 29 times, S.W. 26 times, N.E. 24 times, 

 S.E. twice, S. once, N. once, E. once. The entire 

 distance travelled by the wind was 10,593 miles, 

 which gives a mean daily velocity of 378 miles, and a 

 mean hourly velocity of 15.76 miles. The highest 

 velocity was 50 miles an hour, on the 24th. 



Mean height of barometer, 29.340 inches ; at 7 

 A.M., 29.340; at 2 p.m., 29.332; at 9 p.m., 29.348; 



maximum, 29.809, at 9 p.m., on I7th; minimum, 

 28.492, on 15th, at 2 p.m. ; range, 1.377 inches. 



Relative humidity: mean 77.9, at 7 a.m. 85.8, at 2 

 P.M. 64.9, at 9 P.M.'SS.O; greatest, 100, on ten occa- 

 sions; least, 41, on 19th. 



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Peter Kedpatt museum of McGill university, Montreal, 

 Logan memorial collection. — ^This includes: 1°. 

 Series of large slabs of Proticlinites and Climactich- 

 nites, collected by Mr. Ricbardson at Pertb, Ont. 

 2°. Collection of graptolites and trilobites from the 

 Quebec group, collected by Mr. Richardson at L^vis 

 and Matane. 3°. Cast of skeleton of Megatherium 

 Cuvieri, cast of skull of Mastodon, footprints of dino- 

 saurs, and other large casts of fossils, purchased of 



