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ville, Alachua County. (Ace. 15939.) Also a collection from a mound 

 at Old Enterprise, consisting of 136 shells of different species (all de- 

 termined), fragments of hone, fish-scales, and a piece of shell-marl. 

 (Ace. 16094.) 



ALABAMA. 



Dr. E. B. Johnson, Eufaula, Barbour County, sent a polished celt, 

 from Eufaula. This is a very fine specimen, 13J inches long. There is 

 no North American celt of equal length in the collection. (Ace. 15631.) 



Dr. J. W. B. Williams, Opelika, Lee County, sent one-half of a small 

 pierced ceremonial weapon, found near Opelika. (Ace. 16169.) 



Frank Burns, U. S. Geological Survey, presented a collection of flint 

 flakes, arrow and spear-heads, a discoidal stone, and water-worn peb- 

 bles, from Barbour County, and a pestle, from Blount County. (Ace. 

 16138.) 



OHIO. 



From Warren K. Moorehead, Granville, Licking County, was received 

 a perforated tablet of peculiar shape, made of a compact black slate, 

 and found near Fort Ancient, Warren County. It was sent as a loan, 

 with two other specimens, to the National Museum, where a cast was 

 taken. (Ace. 15612.) 



J. P. MacLean, Hamilton, Butler County, lent a tablet bearing in- 

 cised figures somewhat analogous to those on the well-known " Cincin- 

 nati tablet." It consists of compact Waverly sandstone of a bluish- 

 gray color in the fracture. The polished surfaces are of a light-brown 

 color, apparently produced by the material used in polishing. The 

 specimen was found in a mound near Waverly, Pike County, and 

 Mr. MacLean sent it to the National Museum for the purpose of taking 

 a cast. (Ace. 15935.) 



INDIANA. 



J. H. Stotsenburg, New Albany, Floyd County, gave the Museum a 

 bone fish-hook and a bone perforator, from an Indian grave at Clarks- 

 ville, Clark County. (Ace. 15890.) 



Dr. J. C. Neal, Archer, Alachua County, Florida, presented a stone 

 carving representing a bird's head, from Wabash County, and 3 stone 

 pipes, a ceremonial weapon, and a trowel-shaped object of stone, from 

 the neighborhood of Marion, Grant County. (Ace. 15940.) 



George Spangler, Madison, Jefferson County, lent 2 very fine cere- 

 monial objects. One, prismatic, with a longitudinal perforation, was 

 found on Cooper's Bar, in the Ohio Biver, 3 miles below Madison, and 

 the other, in the shape of a double hatchet, was ploughed up on a farm 

 near Big Creek, Jefferson County, about 12 miles northwest of Madison. 

 (Ace. 15714.) 



J. B. Nissley, Mansfield, Kichland County, Ohio, contributed a large 

 grooved stone implement of unknown use (sinker?), found 1J miles east 



