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by three dots or small circles. The border decoration is narrow but 

 consists of the usual pattern of parallel oblique lines arranged in 

 triangular plats. The edge of the rim is notched or indented at 

 intervals of about three-eighths of an inch on both inner and outer 

 edges. The pot is 14^ inches high and is 39 inches in circumfer- 

 ence at the middle of the globular body. 



The inside of the vessel is smooth but the interior of the neck 

 seems to have been given an overvvash of clay before baking. It 

 has the appearance of having been smoothed down while the clay 

 was still quite moist. The outer side of the neck is smooth but the 

 body of the vessel has been patted with a potter's paddle having 

 oblong patterns, so that the surface of the clay shows outlines of 

 indented oblongs slightly impressed. The vessel has a fracture, 

 caused no doubt by frost. 



The Dwinel F. Thompson collection. The collection brought 

 together by Professor Thompson contains specimens acquired mostly 

 from the upper waters of the Hudson river beginning with certain 

 sites in the vicinity of Troy. The principal sites in the Troy region 

 from which he obtained specimens are Lansingburg, Waterford and 

 Green Island. Northward of this region specimens were acquired 

 in sites from the Hoosick valley, Saratoga county and the Cham- 

 plain valley, as far north as Plattsburg. The collection embraces a 

 number of important articles from the vicinity of Catskill, N. Y. 

 By exchange, Professor Thompson obtained specimens from Mon- 

 roe county and by excavation certain material from one or two 

 sites in the Mohawk valley. 



Perhaps the most interesting object in the collection is that of 

 a large entire pottery vessel of the Iroquois type. It has a diameter 

 through the body of 9 inches and a height of 10^2 inches. An 

 interesting feature of the rim is that it has three projecting points 

 instead of the usual four. These points are regularly placed, being 

 6% inches apart. The collar is decorated in the usual Iroquoian 

 way with straight lines. The upper portion on the angular edge 

 is notched as is also the inner side of the rim which curves inward 

 sharply. Below the notched edge there are four parallel lines en- 

 circling the collar, below which are series of parallel straight lines 

 slanting to the right. The collar terminates into a scalloped bottom 

 overhanging the body of the vessel. The collar is curved inward 

 to the constricted neck which is rather short, being not more than 

 i l / 2 inches in length. The pot is nearly perfect and there are only 

 slight cracks in it. These run from one side below the center of 

 the body in a V-shaped fracture to the bottom of the pot where 



