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go, Colorado, who spent six months exploring the cafions
of the San Juan and Colorado rivers. In a dry cave in
Southern Utah he found a large coiled vase, covered with
a flat stone, which contained a number of perfect pieces
of earthenware undecorated and unburned. One of these
specimens is now before me. It is a double-handled cup,
three and a quarter inches in height, of a buff-colored
clay, hardened by the heat of the sun. Being in an un-
finished condition, these
examples will throw con-
siderable light upon the
methods of manufacture
as practised bythis ancient
race. The presence of so
many entire vessels in
one place is evidence that
they were stored away
for future burning, and
afterwards forgotten.
14.-DumE-11ANDLFD MUG, UTAH.  A water jar from the
Cafion de Chelly, about
ten inches in diameter (Ill. 15), is decorated in white and
black. The body of the vessel is covered with a series of
diagonal lines, between which the meander, or " valls of
Troy " design forms the embellishment.
A large olla, or jar, from the ancient province of Tu-
sayan, Arizona, exhibits a different style of ornamentation,
which consists of white figures on a black painted ground.
This interesting piece is in the collection of Mr. T. V.
Keam. The form of this specimen is somewhat unusual