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They fill one half of upright case 62. Much time was devoted to the assorting and preparing for exhibition collections received from the Bureau of Ethnology. These collections are deposited in the wall case at the western end of the hall. It is my purpose to empty this large case as quickly as possible, in order to have it shelved for the reception of our large series of collections from shell-heaps. The above-mentioned work, which is of a very tedious character, will probably occupy a considerable portion of the month of November. 

C. Rau.
Curator

Smithsonian Institution.
November 2, 1885.

Professor S.F. Baird.