732 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



River, and St. Charles, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Callaway, Ralls, Boone, 

 Howard, Chariton, Ray and Clay north of it. 



Wayne is the largest County in the State, Gasconade next, and these two 

 counties embrace two-thirds the area south of the river. Lillard is the only 

 County whose name does not survive in the existing county nomenclature. It 

 embraced area bounded by the Missouri on the north, the Osage on the south, 

 the western border on the west and Saline County on the east, now one of the 

 finest districts in the State. The western border runs in a straight line north and 

 south across the Missouri River at the point where Kansas City now stands. 

 The "Tlatte purchase," embracing the rich and productive region included be- 

 tween this old border and the Missouri to the Iowa line, had not then been added 

 to the State. This map was published by A. Finley, northeast corner Chestnut 

 and Fourth Sts., Philadelphia, in 1829, and the copy sent tons was picked up by 

 Mr, Florence in Middletown, Conn. — St. Louis Republican. 



THE DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



The Academy of Natural Sciences had last evening, March 5th, an unusual- 

 ly large and interesting meeting. 



The Publication Committee reported the completion of the printing of the 

 third part of Volume III of the "Academy Proceedings," and the reception of 

 the engravings; the volume being now ready for binding, which will be done 

 without delay. 



The Librarian, Miss Dr. McCowan, reported the addition to the library dur- 

 ing the month of thirty-two bound volumes, forty-one pamphlets, thirty-nine cir- 

 culars and bulletins, thirty-three daily and weekly papers — total, 145; exclusive 

 of the city papers. 



The Curator presented for inspection a collection of thirteen of the "curved- 

 base " mound-builders' pipes just received from that indefatigable explorer and 

 collector, Rev. J. Gass. These pipes were collected the past year from the 

 mounds in Muscatine, Rock Island and Mercer Counties, by Mr. Gass, his broth- 

 er and some neighbors, and he has recently acquired full possession of them for 

 the benefit of the Academy, with a full description of the mounds, their structure, 

 etc., etc. 



One of these pipes is a finely carved stag's head, representing the antlers 

 bent around the bowl and carved in relief; another is an eagle, perched, and 

 holding some small animal in its claws, and two others are neatly carved birds. 

 These four are of ash-colored pipe-stoner Another is a finely sculptured black 

 bear and is very appropriately cut in a smooth fine-grained black stone. The 

 sixth is supposed to represent a fox with the face turned backward, carved in a 

 beautiful bright red catlinite ; the seventh, a non-descriptive animal is also cut in 

 red catlinite, very much spotted. 



