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Section H (Anthropology) was called to order in the Foyer of the Academy 

 of Music. E. S. Morse, of Salem, Mass., was chairman, and G. H. Perkins, of 

 Burlington, secretary. The following papers were received : 



Uses of the emblematic mounds, Stephen D. Peet. The lineal measures of 

 the semi-civililized nations, D. G. Brinton, The sacred pipes of friendship, 

 Frank La Flesche. Some observations upon the usage, symbolism and influence 

 of the sacred pipes of fellowship among the Omahas, Alice C. Fletcher. Notes 

 upon some quartz objects from Central Minnesota, Miss F. E. Babbitt. The 

 importance of the study of primitive architecture to an understanding of the pre- 

 historic age in America, Stephen D. Peet. Local weather lore, Amos W. Butler. 

 Some characteristics of the Indian earth and shell-mounds on the Atlantic Coast 

 of Florida, Andrew E. Douglass. The manner in which Indians made their stone 

 implements, P. R. Hoy. Disputed points concerning Iroquois pronouns, Ermin- 

 nie A. Smith. Remarks on North American races and civilization, E. B. Tylor, 

 Upon the evolution of a race of deaf mutes in America, A. Graham Bell. The 

 occurrence of man in the upper miocene of Nebraska, E. D. Cope. The use of 

 the plough in Japan, Edward S. Morse. The three culture periods, J. W. Powell. 

 A search in British North America for lost colonies of Northmen and Portuguese, 

 D. G. Haliburton. The sacrificial stone of San Juan Teotihuacan, A. W.Butler. 

 Eastern archery, Edward S. Morse. Formation of Iroquois words, Erminnie A. 

 Smith. The different races who built mounds in Wisconsin, Stephen D. Peet. 

 Evolution of animal hfe illustrated by study of emblematic mounds, Stephen D. 

 Peet. Etymology of the Iroquois word Rha-wen-ni-yu, Erminnie A. Smith. 

 Description of the skeletons and skulls found in the large mound of the Turner 

 Loup, Ohio, Cordelia A. Studley. Mythology of the Wintuns, J. W. Powell. 

 Interviews with a Korean, Edward S. Morse. Some paralleHsm. in the evolu- 

 tion of races in the old and new world, Daniel Wilson. On the geographical dis- 

 tribution of labretifery, W. H. Dall. On the identification of the animals and 

 plants of India which are mentioned by ancient Greek authors, V. Ball. The 

 comparative longevity of the sexes, Mrs. A. B. Blackwell. 



Section I (Economic Science and Statistics) was quartered in the hall of the 

 the Historical Society, with John Eaton and C. W. Smiley, of Washington, D. 

 C, as chairman and secretary respectively. The papers were: 



The principles of graphic illustration, Franklin B. Hough. On the credit 

 of the United States Government, E. B Elliott. The future of the United States, 

 John Biddulph Martin., The structure and economic value of some of our woods 

 (Illustrated), P. H. Dudley. Some experiments in a new method of land culti- 

 vation by the use of dynamite and the important results obtained, George W. 

 Holley. The apprenticeship question and industrial schools, Thomas Hampson. 

 Lands in severalty to Indians, illustrated by experiences with the Omaha tribe, 

 Alice C. Fletcher. Condition of deaf mutes and deaf mute instruction in the 

 United States, statistically considered, J. W. Chickering, Jr. Production and 

 distribution, Edward Atkinson. Upon the expediency of a proposed "new de- 

 parture " in the form of schools for the education of deaf mutes, Joseph C. Gor- 



