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proud of it. There are 22 plates, including the frontispiece and 

 a map of the coast of Southern California; seventeen of these are 

 heliotypes and very excellent, excepting those representing deep- 

 vessels, to which the process is not adapted. The remaining 

 plates, front, xvi, xvn, xvm, xix, are beautiful colored litho- 

 graphs, in whose praise too much cannot be said; the dancers in 

 the front, we think, are much too light colored. This method of 

 illustration is very expensive, however, and must be looked upon as 

 the luxury of the science. The cuts, photo-relief drawings, th< nigh 

 rude, are most of them, especially those representing rotundity, 

 quite graphic. The great desideratum now is a method of depict- 

 ing a great number of objects correctly at a moderate expense. 

 Now, what is this volume about ? The subject is graphically set 

 forth. by Dr. Yarrow, on pages 32-47. It is the description of a 

 fortunate series of discoveries upon the main land and on the 

 Santa Barbara islands opposite, in Southern California. These 

 sites yielded a large and unique collection of crania and aborigi- 

 nal implements which were subsequently placed in the hands of 

 Prof. F. W. Putnam and his assistants at Cambridge to describe. 

 Some of the chipped flints are of extreme delicacy of form and 

 finish, well shown in the heliotypes but not in the cuts. The 

 sandstone mortars occur in great abundance, are quite symmetri- 

 cal, and some of them are massive; of these the cuts are excellent 

 and the heliotypes bad. The most interesting stone implements 

 are the steatite ollas, nearly spherical, thin-walled cooking vessels, 

 having small opening or mouth. The method of manufacturing 

 these vessels was discovered by Mr. Paul Schumacher (pp. 1 17- 

 I2l). Curious pipes of the same material, resembling very large 

 cigar-holders, were abundant in the graves, and were evidently 

 used by the savage taking a siesta while lying supinely. Next in 

 order come the perforated stones varying greatly in size, form, 

 and consequently in function. Upon this chapter Prof. Putnam 

 has put some excellent work, it is, indeed, one of the best in the vol- 

 ume. The closing chapters of Part 1 relate to implements of 

 wood, shell, and bone, textile fabrics, ornaments and paint beads, 

 contact with Europeans and crania. An appendix to Part 1 gives • 

 a translation of an account of Cabrilla's voyage, which is a pre- 

 cious addition to the meager stock of early literature relating to 



Part 11 relates to the Pueblo ruins and the interior tribes, and is 

 made up of a series of short sketches, some of which are reproduc- 

 tions from former reports ; it contains an extended chapter by Pro- 

 fessor Putnam on the implements of stone, and pottery, collected 

 mainly by Dr. H. C. Yarrow; a chapter on the crania collected 

 by the expeditions, written bv Mr. Severance and Dr. Yarrow ; 

 and an appendix on linguistics, prefaced by ; 

 western Indian languages, by Albert S. Gatsch 

 cabulanes belong to seven stocks: 



