126 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884 



Collection from Biceville, Washington County, Wisconsin : J. E. 

 Gere. 



Collection from Dos Pueblos and La Patera, Santa Barbara County, 

 California : Lieut, G. M. Wheeler. 



Collection from Tennessee : W. M. Clark. 



Collection from Flint Bidge, Licking County, Ohio : C. M. Smith. 



The work of arranging collections for exhibition has been unavoida- 

 bly delayed for the past few months by reason of the time required for 

 preparing specimens for the New Orleans Exhibition. The chipped 

 series of North American stone implements designed for the Exhibi- 

 tion was finally arranged in sixteen trays, and the same delivered to 

 Mr. C. A. Stewart for shipment. The ground or polished series will 

 soon be ready. 



Collections and single specimens sent as exchanges during the year. 



A cast of a 1yd ite chisel (original from Saint Lawrence County, New 

 York), sent to M. Felix Gaillard, Plouharnel, Morbihan, France. 



A collection of 23 North American stone implements, sent to Mr. 

 Ernest Schernikow, No. 16 Saint Mark's Place. New York. 



A cast of a stone (jadeite ?) celt and handle in one piece, sent to Dr. 

 E. T. Hamy, No. 40 Bue de Lubeck, Paris, France. 



A collection of 355 North American stone relics, sent to Mr. Thomas 

 Wilson, United States consul, Nice, France. 



A large collection of stone implements, &c, and the relics obtained 

 in the course of several mound-explorations made under the direction of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology have been placed in charge of this department. 

 For want of time, no systematic arrangement has thus far been made. 

 The specimens from each mound have been kept together, and the work 

 of classifying the rest of the collection (surface-finds, &c.) will be com- 

 menced immediately. A large number of duplicate specimens can be 

 used for exchange. 



Revieiv of researches prosecuted upon material belonging to the department. 



The hall containing the antiquities of the United States National Mu- 

 seum has been visited by many persons, who manifested their interest in 

 archaeology by questions addressed to myself and to my assistant. Some 

 of the visitors took notes and made sketches of specimens ; but I am un- 

 able to state in what manner the information acquired by them .was 

 utilized. Self-instruction may have been the chief motive in most cases. 

 I had myself constant recourse to the collection in the preparation of 

 my work on prehistoric fishing in Europe and North America, which 

 contains designs and descriptions of a large number of specimens on 

 exhibition in the hall. This work has taken up all my time not devoted 

 to routine business. 



