. The Antiquarian [serial]. kbirds that came up to eat up the corn,and according to their aforesaid promise,they carried me to Detroit, where we arriv-ed on the 3rd of September, 17S2. c. L,. Mr. D. B. Austin writes to The Anti-quarian about his collection and sends aphotograph, which we herewith exhibition will stand as a fair repre-sentative of the average cabinet in the handsof a collector. I have seldom seen a col-lection of this kind shown to better advan-tage. It is neatly and gracefully grouped,so arranged that all its important featuresare plainly brought out. Most of the
. The Antiquarian [serial]. kbirds that came up to eat up the corn,and according to their aforesaid promise,they carried me to Detroit, where we arriv-ed on the 3rd of September, 17S2. c. L,. Mr. D. B. Austin writes to The Anti-quarian about his collection and sends aphotograph, which we herewith exhibition will stand as a fair repre-sentative of the average cabinet in the handsof a collector. I have seldom seen a col-lection of this kind shown to better advan-tage. It is neatly and gracefully grouped,so arranged that all its important featuresare plainly brought out. Most of the specimens came from Suf-folk county, Long Island, some of thembeing found along the shore of theSound. The upper card of flint implementsare from Long Island, as are the groovedhatchets, just above the string ofbeads. His hematite objects are arrangedbelow the beads, and consist of six axesand a number of plumbs and celts. Thesecome from the Missouri and the Ohiovallev. At either end of the second row, THE ANTIQUARIAN. Ill. below the hematites, is a card consisting ofobjects from graves on the Pacific card at the left is the more interestingof the two, as it exhibits a copper braceletand ring, long shell and bead pendants, the bottom of the picture may beseen a stone mortar and perforated imple-ment from North Carolina; to the left of this, a mortar and pestle from North Car-olina; just to the left a mortar and pestlefrom Oregon. Thr i oiler or elongatedpestle, to the right r.[ .lie center, came fromLong Island, and .lie pipe just above it fromI reorgia. Taken as whole, the mountingand displaying of this collection could be fol-lowed b\ other collectors with profit. 112 THE ANTIQUARIAN. HECENT DISCOVERIES. I would advise students to pay particularattention to low, bottom lands alongstreams this month. The recent extensivefloods in nearly every section of the coun-try have washed village and burial sites,and exposed many objects. This is espec-ially true in t
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