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pottery and remains. 
16. The agricultural implements described were a set of thin 
flaked hoes collected on the ground by the author. 
I r, Hovey having examined and surveyed the caves men- 
tioned in his paper, described the remains of man and of his 
industry to be met with therein. 
18. Major Powell, with the aid of the entire corps of the 
Bureau of Ethnology under his charge, has constructed a series 
of charts to accompany a new edition to his Introduction to the 
Study of the North American Indians. These charts, by means 
of simple and graphic symbols, indicate at a glance nine genera- 
tions, including that of ego, four above and four below, also sex, 
consanguinity, affinity and the effect of marriage upon the gens 
of the offspring. The paper of Major Powell was an accurate 
account of the purport of these charts, which are to be litho- 
graphed and distributed to all anthropological observers. 
19. Mrs. Smith gave a sketch of the grammar and vocabulary 
of two Iroquois dialects, at the same time presenting a manu- 
script collection of words and phrases. : 
20. Major Powell read a very carefully prepared paper, giving 
the results of a long study upon the structure of our 
American Indian languages. As the paper will be published in 
full an abstract will not be attempted. 
_ 21. Mr. Everhart’s paper was a recital of his own experiences 
in mound exploration. A very puzzling slab or tablet was 
Japanese caves under great difficulties, and the finding of ancient 
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and activity to gratify them. The gustatory and sexual appetites 
and, we would add, desire to be at peace with climatic environ- 
