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near the Seneca river bridge. Some call this form a spud and 

 it has been previously reported only from Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota. It now belongs to Mr Harris of Rome N. Y. 



Fig. 24 has an oiiUinc much like that of our modern knives. 

 It is rare in New York but seems more common in Canada and 

 elsewhere. It was found in Cayuga coimty and has a few of 

 the usual raised lines. This is a good example of this form. 



Fig. 78 is a much larger one in Mr W. L. Hildburgh's collec- 

 tion, found in Livingston county. His note is that " a meadow 

 lark's wing was found l)onnd on this.-' What evidence there is 

 of this is not stated. Such knives have been found originally 

 wrapped in fur, retaining traces and sometimes portions of this, 

 for fhe salts of copper often preserved perishable articles. 



There are many New York examples of native copper articles 

 having a socket for the handle, made by turning up the edge. 

 A fine example is in the Smithsonian collection, which was found 

 in Tompkins county, N. Y. Fig. 2 shows this much reduced, the 

 actual length being 9 inches. The socket is less artistically 

 wrought than some and the back of the blade is rounded. It 

 is quite thin for its size. 



Fig. 13 is a very fine spearhead of this type, found near Seneca 

 river, lof 75, Lysander, in 1803. It is in the Bigelow collection 

 and is 6| inches long. The back is ridged and the socket moder- 

 ately expanded (oward the base. The flanges are neatly 

 turned inward and there is the frequent angle between the 

 socket and blade against which the shaft abutted. The inside 

 surface of the socket is perfectly smooth, as though the shaft 

 had decayed within it. A lateral view of this is given and no 

 better example has been found here. 



Fig. 33 is another found on Wolfe island, opposite Cape Vin- 

 cent N. Y., now in the collection of J)r A. A. Getman of Chau- 

 mont N. Y. The finder bored a hole in the base for suspension, 

 but the writer omitted this misleading feature. The socket 

 expands toward the base as usual and occupies nearly half the 

 length of the implement. It is also depressed but has not so 

 abrupt a shoulder as the last. 



