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present direction of the motion of the inland-ice, and having a roof- 
shaped top, and even sides, inclined 20° to 25° to the plane of the 
valley over which it extended in a meandering course. Mr. Kor- 
nerup also states, that the said valley is “an unusually large plain, 
bounded by even, gently-sloping foothills.” 
This observation thus fully corroborates Dr. Holst’s theory, 
EDITORS’ TABLE. 
EDITORS: E. D. COPE AND J. S. KINGSLEY. 
For several years past the Peabody Museum of Archeology and 
Ethnology, at Cambridge, Mass., has been engaged in the explora- 
tion of the remains of the mound builders. More lately, under 
the direction of the Curator Professor, F. W. Putnam, it has con- 
fined its labors to the mounds of Ohio, and especially to those of 
the Little Miami Valley. A most careful and thorough method of 
work has been adopted, which has resulted in each mound investi- 
gated telling all that it could tell. Some time ago Professor 
Putnam informed the Bureau of Ethnology of the nature of his 
work, and requested that they leave him his chosen field, the Little 
Miami Valley, for his own exploration. This was, of course, an 
eminently reasonable request. He was first in that field, and had 
devised his methods of research, while there were thousands of 
other mounds which were open to other investigators. Besides, in 
order that the mounds may reveal as much as possible, it is neces- 
sary that all in a certain region be investigated by the same hand. 
With a striking disregard of scientific courtesy the Bureau of 
Ethnology has this year sent a party into the Little Miami Valley, 
thus encroaching upon the very territory which was already being 
explored, and explored—if the testimony of unprejudiced witnesses 
can be relied upon—in a more thorough manner than is the case 
with the rapid work of the party under the charge of Professor 
Cyrus Thomas. Government money should be put to a better use 
than this, 
