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Narcisse Noel of Aylmer, in companv with the writer, also found 

 some imperfect arrow-heads at this place, which appear to have bten 

 rejected by the ancient workmen. For about ioo yards along the 

 shore, between high and low water mark, the rocks are littered with 

 chips and shreds of black flint, which are also washed out of the gravel 

 at high water mark after heavy rains. These flints resemble those 

 found in great abundance in the Trenton limestone at Hull, from which 

 place it is just possible they may have been taken. It is said that these 

 flint chips have also been found on Snake Island a short distance from 

 here, so that this locality seems to offer opportunities to the archaeolo- 

 gist that should not be overlooked. 



Some years ago a quantity of human bones was found buried in 

 the sand on the Light-house Island just above Aylmer, which the late 

 Dr. CM. Church, to whom tney were presented, regarded as typical 

 of the North American Indian. 



A short time ago, at Pointe a la Bataille about 10 miles above 

 Aylmer on the Ontario shore of the lake, Joseph Leclaire of Aylmer 

 discovered a large " cache "of bullets. As Mr. Leclaire bought home 

 nearly halt a bagfull without exhausting the find, it does not appear 

 credible that so large a quantity of ammunition could have been 

 "cached" by hunters; but, judging from the name of the place, one 

 inclines rather to the supposition that this store had some connection, 

 in the past, with the movements of war parties, either white or 

 Indian, operating along the lake. 



An interesting tradition, told by the old " voyageurs " now living 

 in Aylmer, is associated with Lapote's and Sand Points lying respec. 

 tively to the east and west of Sand Bay at the mouth of Constance 

 Creek about 15 miles above Aylmer. The tradition is a follows: 

 Many years ago, during the French regime, a party of " coureurs de 

 hois" were encamped at the former point ; while Sand Point to the west 

 of the bay was occuied by a superior force of Indians, probably a war 

 party of hostile Iroquois. An encounter was imminent and it remained 

 to be seen which party would circumvent the other. The French fur 

 traders, whose daring and brilliant exploits at this period are a matter of 

 history, were not to be taken by surprise. Leaving their camp fires 



