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On Plate XII, Figs. 30, 31, 32, are shown pieces of shell set in asphal- 



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turn, which, very likelv, are the remains of a similar piece of inlaid work, 

 and Mr. Schumacher has sent to the Peabody Museum a portion of a 

 handle of wood inlaid with shell very like that of the wooden sword 

 above described. This fragment (P. M. 13127) was found in a grave, at 

 the isthmus, on the island of Santa Catalina, and a note attached to the 

 specimen indicates that Mr. Schumacher considers it to be the remains of 

 a handle of one of the swords or daggerdike weapons of bone, which was 

 too far decayed to be saved. 



Several other articles made of wood were found by Dr. Yarrow's party, 

 but they were so much deca} T ed that only fragments could be saved They 

 are, however, in a few cases, of interest as showing the important use made 

 of asphaltum. In one instance, two pieces of wood, probably a portion of a 

 canoe, had been joined by a withe of bark or hide, and melted asphaltum 

 had then been poured over the place to make it tight and firm. In another 

 piece of wood a sort of asphaltum bolt had been formed. 



