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O. F. Stafford.
importer and dealer in waxes, however, pronounced them marks of trade, such as he had often seen upon waxes
Facsimiles of the characters observed upon pieces of Nehalem wax.
The first is also seen In the photograph of the specimen now in Portland City Museum. Numbers 2 to 8 inclusive were reported to Dr. Diller. Numbers 9, 10, and 11 are from tracings made by D. S. Boyakin, of Nehalem, 9 and 10 being upon the same cake. Number 12 was upon a cake reported by Professor Davidson. The size of the cake bearing number 1 was about 20×6×16 Inches, while the cake bearing numbers 9 and 10 was about 20×12×4 inches.
The first is also seen In the photograph of the specimen now in Portland City Museum. Numbers 2 to 8 inclusive were reported to Dr. Diller. Numbers 9, 10, and 11 are from tracings made by D. S. Boyakin, of Nehalem, 9 and 10 being upon the same cake. Number 12 was upon a cake reported by Professor Davidson. The size of the cake bearing number 1 was about 20×6×16 Inches, while the cake bearing numbers 9 and 10 was about 20×12×4 inches.
coming in from outside countries. After all, the trade-mark explanation is not unsatisfactory. The symbols can be said to have their counterparts in the brands devised for branding stock upon Western cattle ranches, and may be even less obscure in meaning than the year-mark upon a piece of Rookwood pottery is to the uninitiated.
Occasionally a piece of "sandstone" is found upon the beach impregnated with Nehalem wax. This, stone consists of beach sand, in the main, cemented together with the
