The Munusco)i(i Ishnids. — Taylor. 
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ation I had concluded provisional!}- that, since the summit of 
Mackinac was an island in the expanded waters of ancient 
times, the tops of those hills were also probably islands. On 
September 2, 1893, Dr. F. 8. Pearce accompanied me on a trip 
Fig. I. Map of the Manuscong islands and the surrounding country. 
to the hills mentioned and we found that there had been at 
least three islands and possibly more. While these ancient 
islands were somewhat nearer to Mackinac, they were, on the 
other hand, much smaller in area than I had supposed. We 
visited the middle or nearest one (»f the three. Its distance 
