Do not suppose, however, that this is a sample of the whole volume,
for ample details and information are given on all matters connected
with the Indians--their arts, habits, pursuits, pictorial literature
(so to speak), sports, and agriculture. Some idea of their
capabilities in husbandry may be gathered from the fact, that in
Michigan, ancient 'garden-beds' have been discovered, extending for
150 miles along the banks of rivers. Students will find a mine of
information in this book, which, though but the first of a series,
contains nearly 600 pages--a rare feast for ethnologists.
The Royal Irish Academy in Dublin have published a report of their
proceedings, which comprise reports on rain-falls, meteors, ancient
urns, and other Irish antiquities, besides Roman and Carthaginian; on
hygrometry, chiefly with regard to the pressure of the dew-point; and
on artificial islands. Of the latter, it appears that several exist in
different parts of Ireland; but the one to which attention is
particularly directed is near Strokestown, Roscommon.
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