908 . General Notes. [ October, 
made, earth was brought from various surroundings and heaped 
over all. 
Dr. William F. Whitney publishes in the report a paper on 
anomalies, injuries and diseases of the bones of the native races 
of North America. 
The anomalies are accidental and designed deformations of the 
skull together with their structural consequences. 
_ The injuries comprise the results of dislocation or fracture. A 
just distinction is drawn between injuries made long anterior to 
death and those made shortly before and after death. 
Diseases are grouped under exostoses, periostitis, caries and 
cicatrices. E 
Dr. Metz and Professor Putnam present an elaborate mono- 
graph upon the Marriott mound, No. 1, and its contents. 
West INDIAN Stone ImPLEMENTS.—Mr. E. F. Im Thurm de- 
scribes in the June number of Timehri (Demerara) the archæo- 
logical collections of Sir Thomas Graham Briggs, from the 
islands of St. Vincents, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Lucia and Antigua. 
The implements are celts, mullers, mortars, and were all found on 
the surface. The author devotes considerable space to the dis- | 
cussion of the function of the celts, which present some new h 
forms in addition to the ordinary almond-shape so prevalent in 
the Carib area. 
a bright-colored flower, and letting the insect go, peasy it, suffi- 
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