Archeology and Anthropology. 275. - 
“ Dr. Topinard’s method, even if it should not turn out to be the 
best, appears to me sufficiently reliable to serve as a generally 
accepted standard.” ; 
Other articles in the journal of the Anthropological Institute are 
the Lower Congo; a Sociological Study, by Richard Cobden 
Phillips; and The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans, by 
Canon Isaac Taylor. 
The Smithsonian Institution has issued the following Circular 
(No. 36) concerning the Department of Antiquities :— 
The Smithsonian Institution desires answers to the following 
questions concerning that class of American Aboriginal Stone Relics 
which have been heretofore denominated “rude or unfinished 
implements of the paleolithic type.” 
These implements are described by Dr. C. C. Abbott in “ Prim- 
itive Industry,” chap. xxxii., p. 471; by Professor F. W. Putnam 
“ Remarks upon Chipped Stone Implements,” from the Bulletin of 
the Essex Institute, vol. xv., 1883; by Mr. A. F. Berlin in Amer- 
ican Antiquarian, vol. i., No. 1, p- 10; by Miss Frances Babbitt 
in Proceedings of American Association for the Advancement of 
Science, vol. xxiii., Minneapolis meeting, Aug., 1883, p. 385. 
uts of some of these implements are herewith given. 
Question I.—How many of these rude stone implements have 
you in your collection ? 
UESTION IT.—Do you know of any in other museums or col- 
lections ? 
Question III.—Of what material are they made? 
Question IV.— Where have they been found ? 
1, As to locality. 
2. Position, condition and associated with what objects ? : 
3. Whether on or under the surface, and, if so, at what depth, 
and in what kind of geological formation ? 
4. wee they found in mounds, tombs or other ancient struc-- 
ures ? 
if so, of what kind ? 
6. Did their deposit seem to be accidental or intentional ? 
7. Have they been described in any publication, and, if so, in. 
what, and where can it be obtained ? 
8. Can you forward specimens (as many as possible) to this: — 
useum in exchange for publications or duplicate specimens?’ 
—S. P. Langley, Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 
5. Were any other ancient implements found with them, and,. 
