fruit from amid the branches of a tail tree or, unexpectedly flash 

 out from the interlacing branches of the thickets in which it loves 

 so well to grow. Less showy climbers and of smaller size are 

 several species of clematis, the wild passion-flower, cypress, 

 morning-glory, and all the rest, each with its own peculiar beauty 

 of flower or leaf, sometimes growing alone, sometimes intertwined 

 about the same tree with several others, uniting their various hues, 

 the charms of each brightened by those of the others and all 

 •iegated, harmoniously tinted mass delightful to see. 



t all nature's influences incline to 

 be more fascinating than the wild 

 regions of which we have been speaking. More than elsewhere in 

 the shaded walks of the ancient forests, is there a coolness and 

 freshness most grateful to the body, and a freedom from care, a 

 retirement and a restfulness, as grateful and soothing to the mind. 

 Not those who have flitted hither and thither over the railroads of 

 the West, not even those who have sailed on its great rivers, have 

 an adequate idea of the peculiar modes in which nature expresses 

 herself in those regions, but only to those who have, alone and on 

 foot, wandered for miles and miles amid the forests, over the 

 plains, through the marshes, held by the love of nature, is it given 

 to know her in her friendliest moods. 



THE POTTERY OF THE MOUND BUILDERS. 



Nos. 7759, 7760, 7787, 7788, 7789, 7790, 7791 and 7792 are 

 water jars of various sizes and shapes, as shown in the four figures 

 illustrating this group. 7759 dirfers from the others by being con- 

 stricted in its upper portion. The neck of this jar is not preserved, 

 but was probably like the restoration given in the figure. The 

 diameter of greatest bulge of this vessel is from 6 to 6-2 inches. 

 The constricted portion is about 3-3 in diameter, and the upper 

 bulge is -5 of an inch more than the constricted part. The 

 present height (without the neck) is 5-5 inches. 



