General Mcetintr-l 32 [Marrh i, 
So, also, Wood tclls US that -'in siiminor lliey gatlior liags of 
wliicli tlioy make mats for houses, and hciiij) and ruslios, of which 
they make carious baskets, Avith intermixed colors and portrait- 
ures of antique imagery. These l)askets be of all sizes irom a 
quart to a quarter."^ 
The fact that in any region human bones have been found 
fashioned into domestic utensils would not, by itself, be sufficient 
proof that cannibalism prevailed among tlie tribes where sucli ob- 
jects liave been discovered ; but it lends strong corroboration to 
the other evidence that such a custom existed among the natives 
of this country. This evidence is to be found both in the narra- 
tives of eye witnesses, and in those archaeological discoveries to 
which I have alluded in the article previously referred to. Such 
archaeological evidence from New England, however, is com- 
paratively rare, so that every additional example becomes of in- 
terest. As even the ample proof of the practice of cannibalism 
discovered by Prof. Jeffries Wyman in the Florida shell-heaps 
has been regarded in some quarters as insufficient, this confirma- 
tory evidence acquires added significance.^ 
Dr. S. J. Mixter described an old beaver dam discovered at 
Hard wick, Mass. 
General Meeting, March 1, 1893. 
l*resident W. IT. Niles in the chair. Seventy-five })ersons 
])resent. 
The President announced the death of Dr. Henry Wheatlan<l, 
a Corresponding Member since December 20, 1848, and of the 
Rev. R. C. Waterston, a Member since January 4, 18G0. 
Prof. E. S. Morse described a curious Aino toy. (See Bul- 
letin Essex institute, v. 25, p. 1-7.) 
Dr. C. Willard Hayes gave an account of the joint work of 
liimself and of Mr. M, R, Campbell on the structural features 
of the southern Appalachians. 
1 Wood's New England's prospect (prince society edition), pt.2, ch.20, p. 107; see 
also Roger William's Key into the language of America, cli. fi. 
2 Fresh water slicU-moiinds of the St. John's River, Florida, p. 07-78. This con- 
clusion has been questioned by S. T. Walker, Smithsonian report, 1879, p. 419; and 
by Cartailhac in Materiaux, v. 22, p. 291. 
