A VERY interesting illustration of the occurrence of the same specialised implement in widely separated regions is found in the resemblance between the vermin hooks of the Australians and the same kind of weapon found among the Ute Indians. Several of the former were brought home by Wilkes' Expedition, and are found in the National Museum (Fig. 1). They have highly finished handles, and the bone hook is fastened on with wrapping and gum. Of the latter, Major Powell, in his Colorado Report (1875), says, “These Indians all carry canes with a crooked handle, they say to kill rattlesnakes, and to pull rabbits from their holes” (Fig. 2).