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some 7,000,000 clam-shells are in the heap. 

 About 300 articles in bone and stone were 

 taken out of the trenches. 



The harpoons collected by the expedition 

 number some 40 or more and are interesting 

 in that they present several types of hafting 

 and barbing. Sections of the shells (in situ) 

 were removed and shipped to Andover in order 

 that a cross section may be exhibited. This 

 ■will give visitors and students a better idea of 

 the shell-heaps than the usual exhibits of 

 articles removed from such places. 



The expedition will end its labors about 

 September 15. Dr. Charles Peabody directed 

 the work, with W. K. Moorehead as curator in 

 charge through the season. Francis Manning, 

 of Harvard, was assistant and Ernest Sugden 

 surveyor. The party numbered twelve or four- 

 teen persons and the work done was extensive. 



BONAPARTE EESEABCH FUND GRANTS^ 

 The committee of the Paris Academy of 

 Sciences appointed to consider the distribu- 

 tion of the Bonaparte research fund has made 

 the following recommendations for the year 

 1913 : H. Caillol, 3,000 francs, for the comple- 

 tion of his work entitled " Catalogue des cole- 

 opteres de Provence " ; A. Colson, 2,000 francs, 

 to enable him to continue his experimental 

 work in physic'l chemistry; E. Coquide, 2,000 

 francs, to assist him in carrying out his study 

 of the turf lands of the north of France from 

 the agricultural point of view; C. Schlegel, 

 2,000 francs, to enable him to continue his 

 researches on Crustacean development; Jules 

 Welsch, 2,000 francs to assist him in his geo- 

 logical exploration of the coast lines of France 

 and Great Britain, and to extend them to 

 Belgium and Scandinavia; MM. Pitard and 

 Pallary, 6,000 francs, equally divided, for their 

 scientific expedition in Morocco, organized by 

 the Societe de Geographic; Louis Roule, 2,000 

 francs, for the continuation and extension of 

 his researches on the morphology and biology 

 of the salmon in France; M. Pougnet, 2,000 

 francs, to enable him to continue his re- 

 searches on the chemical and biological effects 

 " From Nature. 



of the ultra-violet rays, and for the construc- 

 tion of a quartz apparatus to be used for 

 studying the action of ultra-violet light upon 

 gaseous bodies; M. Dauzere, 2,000 francs, for 

 his work on the cellular vortices of Benard; 

 M. Gard, 2,000 francs, for the publication of 

 a work and atlas dealing with the material 

 left by the late M. Bornet; M. Chevalier, 

 4,000 francs, to meet the expenses necessitated 

 by the classification of the botanical material 

 collected in the course of his travels in west- 

 ern and equatorial Africa, and the publication 

 of memoirs on the flora of these regions ; Paul 

 Beequerel, 2,000 francs, for the continuation 

 of his physiological researches relating to the 

 influence of radioactive substances on the 

 nutrition, reproduction and variation of some 

 plant species; Le Morvan, 4,000 francs, for the 

 completion of his photographic atlas of the 

 moon; M. Pellegrin, 2,000 francs, to aid him 

 in the pursuit of his researches and to pub- 

 lish his work on African fishes, more particu- 

 larly those of the French colonies ; M. Een- 

 gade, 3,000 francs, for his proposed systematic 

 examination of mineral waters for the pres- 

 ence and distribution of the rare alkaline 

 metals; M. Alluaud, 3,000 francs, for facili- 

 tating the study and publication of documents 

 collected by M. Jeannel and himself on the 

 alpine flora and fauna of the high mountain- 

 ous regions of eastern Africa ; M. Lormand, 

 2,000 francs, for the purchase of a sufiicient 

 quantity of radium bromide to undertake 

 methodical researches on the action of radio- 

 activity on the development of plants; A. 

 Labbe, 2,000 francs, for the study of the modi- 

 fications presented by various animals passing 

 from fresh to salt water or the reverse; de 

 Gironcourt, 3,000 francs, for the publication 

 of the results of his scientific expeditions in 

 Morocco and western Africa; M. Legendre, 

 3,000 francs, to assist him in the publication 

 of the maps and documents dealing with his 

 travels in China; H. Abraham, 2,000 francs, 

 for the determination, with Commandant Fer- 

 ric and M. A. Dufour, of the velocity of propa- 

 gation of the Hertzian waves between Paris 

 and Toulon. 



