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North America. 
The Blackmore Collection illustrates rather fully the Stone 
period of those tribes who, at various times, have occupied the 
central district of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains. 
The specimens, however, are chiefly derived from that portion 
of this central district which lies eastward from the Mississippi 
river, between it and the Atlantic coast. Many of the objects 
are already known to archaeologists from the description given 
of them by Messrs. Squier and Davis. 
The Stone series exhibited from the district west of the Rocky 
Mountains includes some interesting specimens from the neigh- 
bourhood of San Francisco, California. The Mexican Stone 
series is small. It is, however, sufficiently large to serve for the 
purpose of comparison, whilst the magnificent Collection of 
Mexican antiquities in the Christy Museum is accessible to 
those who desire to study this interesting branch of American 
archaeology more in detail. 
STONE PERIOD OF THE WEST INDIES. 
Implements of Stone and Shell from the West Indies. 
Cases A 40, A 41, C 28, C 3 i, and H i i. 
The implements made by the ancient Caribs diff"er in some 
respects from those made by other Stone-age races. Although 
the workmanship is frequently coarse, and the design is rude 
and grotesque, yet the stone implements of the ancient Caribs 
show immense variety in form and a considerable attempt at 
ornamentation, whilst the patience and the skill evinced in 
working very hard stones into elaborate shapes is remarkable. 
St. Domingo. 
All the objects exhibited from this island were collected by the 
late Sir Robert Schomburgk. 
A 40. 
The specimens in this Case, Nos. i and 2, 5 to 7, and 9 to 12 
are from St. Domingo. Nos. i and 2 are stone hatchets of 
