1889.] Archeology and Ethnology of Easter Isla?id. ^yy 
Proboscidia ; Dinotheriidae, Elephantid«. 
Amblypoda; {Taligradd) ; Pantolambdidse ; (/52«/^fl'd?;z/rt) ; Cory- 
phodontidae ; {Dinoceratd) ; Uintatheriidas. 
DiPLARTHRA ; {Perissodactylo) ; Lophiodontidae, Triplopidae, 
Caenopidae, Hyracodontidae, Rhinoceridae, Tapiridae, Lamb- 
dotheriidae, Menodontidae, Palaeotheriidae, Equidae ; (Artio- 
dactyld); Pantolestidae, Eurytheriidae, Anoplotheriidae, Dicho- 
buniidae, Caenotheriidaef Anthracotheriidae, Xiphodontidae, 
Suidae, Hippopotamidae, Merycopotamidae, Dichodontidae, 
Oreodontidas, Poebrotheriidae, Protolabididae, Camelidae, 
Eschatiidae, Tragulidas, Moschidae, Bovidae, Cervidae. 
NOTES ON THE ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 
OF EASTER ISLAND. 
TOASTER Island forms the southwesterly extremity of the 
Polynesian Archipelago, in S. lat 27°, W. long. 109°, 
about 1900 miles west of Santiago, Chili. It is roughly twelve 
miles long by four wide, volcanic in origin. It is inhabited now 
by a remnant of Malayo-Polynesian stock. 
From an archeological point of view, this island is very in- 
teresting; stone images, carved stones, subterranean dwellings, 
weapons, tools, cave ossuaries, etc., abound. One of the last acts 
of the late Professor Spencer F. Baird was to induce the Navy 
Department to send a vessel to explore the island, and bring 
back representative specimens. The U. S. S. Mohican, then at 
Tahiti, was detailed, and the fruits of the successful twelve days' 
exploration are to be seen in the North and West halls of the 
National Museum, consisting of several stone images, carved 
stones, painted slabs, and the. fine collection of smaller objects 
procured by Paymaster W. J. Thomson, U. S. N. 
