Easier Island. 



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made were in the craters of 

 had. 



the volcanoes where the stone was 





The present race upon 

 the island is almost extinct. 

 It is said that at one time 

 there were 20,000 people 

 there. At present there 

 are 155 natives on the 

 island, who are supposed 

 to bear relationship to the 

 Malays. The interest of 

 the place is in its relics of 

 antiquity, its tablets pre- 

 serving a written language 

 lin hieroglyphics, and in 

 ,the immense stone ' plat- 

 'form' and gigantic stone 

 lj images, which are found in 

 great numbers and are of 

 great antiquity. Mr. Thomp- 

 son found 1 13 of the- e plat- 

 forms, the largest of which 

 was 150 feet long. These 

 are regarded as burial places. They are rude structures of stone, 

 varying in height, not above 9 teet and very long and narrow in 

 form. Upon these were placed the gigantic stone statues. On 

 the largest platform were found 15 of these images. This plat- 

 form was 150 feet long, 9 feet high and 9 feet wide. With the 

 original wings it would have been 540 feet long. 



The images on these platforms are regarded as effigies of chiefs 

 or distinguished persons. Some 552 of these images were found 

 by Mr. Thompson and his party. The largest of these was 70 

 feet high. 



ANCELLA-B EARING STRATA OF OREGON. 



The genus Ancella belongs to the family Aviculideae. The 

 species have recently been discussed at considerable length and a 

 few notes at this time on the Ancella-bearing beds may be of in- 

 terest. 



The genus is of wide distribution, extending in the northern 

 hemisphere from far within the Arctic circle to north forty-five 

 degrees north latitude in Asia, and as far south in California as 

 the thirty-fifth degree. The genus has also been recorded from 

 two localities in the southern hemisphere. 



The distinguishing feature in the genus is the short and peculi- 

 arly infolded anterior ear. It somewhat resembles Lima and 

 Inoceramus, but lacks the transversely grooved hinge area and 

 prismatic structure of shell of the latter genus. The numerous 



