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so called—are impossible. Their automatic residua remain to 
work blindly forward until such time as the environment changes 
to unfavorable conditions, when the organism perishes without 
remedy.—E. D. Cope. 
ARCHÆOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.! 
FRAUDULENT SPEAR OR ARROWHEADS OF Curtous FOoRMS.— 
We have just received a series (eight in number) of these curious- 
shaped spear or arrowheads which were transmitted to us for our 
Ispection. We were not informed whence or from whom they 
were purchased, nor who was suspected in connection therewith. 
But a slight examination developed the fact that they were spu- 
rious. The material used was black and jaspery flint or chert 
which takes no patine with age or exposure. The fresh fractures — 
been chi 
before subjected to the dexterous manipulation, or slight of hand, 
cuted for such deceitful practices, as they now can be for passing 
base money, 3 | 
* This department i i , Wilson ., Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington Dc. Pr aaa ee: : 2 
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