ders of nephrite in the North German low countries and the Monte Viso jadeite, discoveries will probably be made in the Swiss Alps and possibly also in other places. 4. The jadeite objects of America do not owe their origin to Asia, but the deposits of raw material are still to be discovered, and it is more than likely that they are in Mexico and along the banks of the Amazon. 5. In Oceanica nephrite is found in New Zealand and New Caledonia; jadeite is found in New Guinea. The original localities of the latter material are still to be discovered. 6. Possibly raw material may be found also in Africa. The above paper was read before the Anthropological Society, at its 128th regular meeting, December 6, 1887. In the course of the discussion which followed Prof. F. W. CLARKE gave an account of a series of analyses of jade and jade-like minerals lately made by him in the laboratory of the United States Geological Survey. The list included nephrites from Alaska, partly worked and partly found in place by Lieutenant Stoney, jadeites from Mexico and Costa Rica, nephrite from New Zealand and Switzerland, a fibrolite implement from France, and saussurite objects from Swiss lake dwellings. He pointed out the chemical differences between jadeite and nephrite, as well as the physical distinctions between the two minerals, and argued against the Asiatic origin of American jades. Mr. G. P. MERRILL followed with a statement of his work upon microscopic sections of the jades analyzed by Professor Clarke, exhibiting photomicrographs of several specimens. The nephrite in thin section is generally fibrous; the jadeite, on the other hand, appears granular. GAMES OF WASHINGTON CHILDREN.* BY W. H. BABCOCK. These games and the songs that go with them have been collected, with very few exceptions, from the children themselves. My method has been to wander through promising neighborhoods in the twilight of summer evenings or lie in wait in my study and sally out when anything novel in the way of child music was borne in through the windows, hurried notes being taken in either case, often under great difficulties. Often, too, my young friends would organize entertainments for my benefit, clearing up doubtful matters by practical illustration. I had juvenile reporters out also, who brought me novelties with great enthusiasm. Their accounts were compared and tested as opportunity offered. The few instances in which my own recollections or those of other adults have been made use of will be sufficiently indicated. In classification I have adopted form as a criterion chiefly because it is obvious and easy of practical application. Sentiment must always be a confusing test. My divisions are Ring Games, Vis à Vis Games, Archway Games, etc., as will appear hereafter. A few of them have been subdivided, falling naturally into groups. Of course there are a few marginal cases which might be shifted about with no great violence to the arrangement. In all there are about a hundred games reported, excluding those which have no literary element nor much interest to the student of folk-lore. Of course the field is by no means exhausted. About fifty additional games collected elsewhere by Mr. Newell, Miss Courtney, Mr. Halliwell, and others, on both sides of the Atlantic, may reasonably be looked for in this District, which has a cosmopolitan population. Some of them must be here, though I have not found them. On the other hand, my list includes more than a dozen which are unrecorded, so far as I know, and many of the others are well-marked variants. RING GAMES.—These are great favorites, involving, as they do, continuous action of limb and voice of nearly every player and hav *See Lippincott's Magazine, March and September, 1886. ing to do with the great perennial themes, death and love and the delightfulness of living. Here is one which claims kindred with the lyke-wake songs of the Celtic people and such as are still in use in the Greek islands. THE LILY-WHITE DAISIES. One of the party stands at first in the center. Before or during the chanting of the fifth stanza he lies down as if dead. Those forming the ring move around hand in hand, singing: Johnny is his first name, His first name, his first name, Among the lily-white daisies. (Surname) is his second name, His second name, his second name, (Surname) is his second name, Among the lily-white daisies. Emma is her first name, Her first name, her first name, Among the lily-white daisies. (Surname) is her second name, Her second name, her second name, (Surname) is her second name, Among the lily-white daisies. And now poor Johnny's dead and gone, And now poor Johnny's dead and gone, Among the lily-white daisies. SWEET GRAVEL. Here is another ring-ditty on the same lugubrious topic, but with an opening hard to account for: Sweet Gravel, sweet Gravel, Your true love is dead; He wrote you a letter To turn back your head. One in the ring turns her head over her shoulder. are sung again and another turns likewise. have turned. Then the lines This continues until all Sometimes they vary the opening: Now, while the grass is green, All the true lovers are ashamed to be seen; Miss Lily, Miss Lily, your true love is dead. OLD HUMPSY. Within the ring there are three players-one erect, for a tree; another, Old Humpsy, crouched below; a third, the old woman who gathers apples. All sing: Old Humpsy was dead and laid in his grave, Laid in his grave, laid in his grave, Old Humpsy was dead and laid in his grave, With each division of this chant there is the appropriate action. At the end the tree, Humpsy, and the old woman select three from the ring to take their places and the game begins again. UNDER THE WILLOW TREE. Charlie took a notion To go sail the sea, And left poor Minnie a widow Minnie, Minnie, nurse your baby, Drink the wine that Charlie sent you. The form of the ring in this game, an ellipse or ellipsoid, is unique. Most of the other features are unusual also. Thus: There are two actors within the ring, one near each end, and they perform in dumb show only, the singing being wholly by the chorus. At the last words Minnie steps across to Charlie and kisses him, thus giving them meaning, I suppose. They then pass out of the ring together. But in AS I WAS GOING UP YONDER HILL, despite its chilly refrain, there is not a hint of even a passing shadow. All sing: As I was going up yonder hill, As I was going up yonder hill, I met my true love on the way, And what do you think he said to me, And what do you think he said to me, He said, Will you marry me, He said, Will you marry ine? One cold and frosty morning. If you will, I'll give you a gay gold ring, |