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not, in his opinion, push much material before them, but 
they carry enormous quantities of débris, derived from the 
sides of the ravines through which they pass, on their backs. 
The section did not seem to incline to Dr. Spencer’s views, 
though I understand they have been more favorably re- 
ceived by Canadian geologists. 
Anthropology. * 
As usual, the greater number of the papers read before the 
Section on Anthropology were archeological. Mr. Geo. F. 
Kunz exhibited two objects which attracted unusual attention. 
One of these was a gigantic jadeite votive adze, the other a 
marvelously beautiful crystal skull. The origin of both is 
such a mystery that an almost romantic interest was aroused 
by their exhibition and the two short descriptive papers re- 
lating to them, read by Mr. George F. Kunz. He declared 
the adze to be of Mexican origin, and said it was the 
largest votive adze yet found. It was discovered twenty 
years ago in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is 10 13-16 inches long, 6 
inches wide, and 42 inches thick, tapering off to a blunt 
edge. The color is a light grayish green, with streaks of 
an almost emerald green on its back. Originally almost 
wedge-shaped, out of one side the features of a deity have 
been carved. These are decidedly of Mongolian physiog- 
nomy. ‘The lapidarian work is probably equal to anything 
that has ever been found, and the polish is as fine as any 
produced by modern man. When the exceeding hardness 
of the stone is taken into consideration, resisting as it does 
the action of edged tools, the mystery regarding its pro- 
duction is deepened. The only explanation suggested was 
that the shaping of the stone had been accomplished by 
long-continued, patient scouring with sand. In reply to in- 
quiries regarding any possible legends connected with the 
stone, it was said that the only one which deserved con- 
sideration was that the emerald-hued deity was originally 
of India, where it had been the object of worship, and that 
either away back in the mysterious ages of antiquity, when 
the Asiatic migration to America took place, it had been 
