arts and handicraft* During this stage of his career he learned to 
thirst as the Indian things about the simple native arts; he learned 
to imitate aboriginal methods and manipulations in the manufacture 
of stone; and he learned to interpret relics of primitive culture as 
they are interpreted by primitive minds. Thus when he turned to 
the examination of .aboriginal relics In eastern United States his 
equipment in ’actual knowledge concerning the details of primitive art 
was exceptionallyIndeed almost singularly- complete. 
.Taking up• the-;study< in a fa vor-ably coriditioned .pr ovi nee, .he 
first acquainted himself with the ! work of previous investigators of 
the locality arid witfi thh r^S-earches and opinions, of archeologists 
generally. He 'then! catered the field and, with a force of laborers 
always,under hie eye, ’made extensive e'xca.yalions and examined a body 
of material '• un.pr©eed-eptod» in quantity. The specimens actually 
examine^' ,ahd .studied' go •.>•14 he enumerated only in thousands, measured 
in wagon loads, and weighed in tons. Trained by actual contact v;ith 
i Indians;,. he interpreted' the ; specimens- and 'their he sdelations and the 
ancient quarries as : they wotfl d be interpreted by Indians accustomed 
to sueh wo 1 'rk, and , a very in f ar*snc c coneer n i n g 11 i © metho ds omp 1 dyed 
in qua-r Tying, ; selecjlh^ material for working., shaping, the objects, 
•and aahipulatihg 'ho c . qjpllances was’ toated' by actual Imitation, 
,the imitation Itself be'xpglr'uided by- actual knowledge 'of primitive 
methods.. While this .id' true: of sill of the lines and localities of 
work, it is' most emyhatlea lily true of t he/ ancient ■ qua rries of quart- 
zit-e' boh" cl or g and .fliell products,'on Piny-branch, .yyen. hero the in¬ 
vestigation was' not'allowed to rest. The .distribution of the pro¬ 
ducts of manufacture, was traced in tie light of 'actual knowledge of 
Indian habits in such manner as to ascertain the genealogy and de- 
veloprne it of the Impieraofits/ arid the - var i 1 us by-products, fa 11 ures , 
cull8",''• rejects of all .sorts, as .well as chios, spalls, cores, and 
bowlders abandoned after one or more test blow's* Thus the study of 
a typical locality and its products was profound and thorough beyond 
precedent. The relics vvere^studied with repsect to individual 
characteristics, with respect., to form and’ distribution, with resoeot 
to • the., forces expended in their mahufaoture uhd utilisat ion, \4 th 
respect to their genesis and development, individualand collective, 
and with respect to the motives and designs of the prehistoric man¬ 
ufacturers. h Thp work began with trained observation, passed to 
generalization based on unprbeedented wealth -of material, proceeded 
to inference guided by precise knowledge of primitive modes of 
thought and action, and' went on to verification by imitation and by 
comparison with ; nown homologues. In extent and thoroughness of 
study, in, wealth of material examined, in thoroughness and scientific 
character of the investigation, Professor Holmes* work on the quartz¬ 
ite quarries and their products may safely b© considered to stand 
unrivaled, at least so far as the Western Hemisphere is concerned. 
