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The extiH'iJie widlli is 2 iiictlics an<l it is H iiidics wide at tlie 

 Dari'ow t'lid. Tint i;x(iciiii; dcpLli is J^ inciics. It is ridded 

 on IIm' lower side ;ni<l liij^li iiiid sloping llaM^<*s Imiii a 

 socket al (Jie broad end. Tiiesr o((ii])y more than a (hii-d 

 of eaeli ia.lcrai «'d^(' ami a bioad (h'pression extends between 

 them toi* »]J inches, aj^ainst liie anj^le ot whicli the handle 

 abutted. This feature often a])i)ears in spearheads made for 

 simihir hafts. It was found by Chester Wells in 1885, a mile 

 soutli of Granby Center and was long used as a wagon wrench. 

 A small piece was broken out of one of the flanges by him. 

 The point is also now dull, but this miglit have been so cen- 

 turies ago. It is now in the l^igelow collection. There is a 

 smaller one like this in ihe national museum, which Dr C. C. 

 Abbott called ''a nameless object." It is 7^ inches long and 

 has an extreme breadth of IJ inches. The flanges occujjy full 

 half of the length and the socket measures 3^ inches to the 

 abutting angle. This came from Somerville N. J. A copper 

 gouge, found in the Brockville mound, Canada, has similar fea- 

 tures. In the Toronto collection there is a large adz of the 

 same type but on the whole it is a rare foruL 



Fig. lil is a very small article of native copper like a celt, and 

 neatly formed. It is quite flat and was found on the island at. 

 Brewerton. 



Fig. 22 came from the same place. It is a small cylindrie 

 piece of native copper which appears to have been worked, but 

 not into any definite form. 



Fig. 75 is a long and somewhat triangular article of native 

 copper, which is flat and of unifoi-m thickness throughout. It 

 may be unfinished but would serve as a rude spear without 

 sharpening. This was found at Union Springs and weighs 1^ 

 ounces. It is 5^ inches long and the expandcnl base is nearly 

 an inch wide. This may have been the beginning of a flanged 

 socket. 



Fig. 29 is a tube of native copper which may have been orna- 

 mental or useful, either as bead or sinker. A section of this is 

 shown. It is rough, and made of a copper plate bent into a 



