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This made iiocessarv a notch on each side near the base. The 

 reverse is flat and the ridged side is t>ho\vn, wilh the nsual green 

 corrosion and lianimered streaks so commonly found. Yi(' de- 

 scribed these as a " threadlike veining of tlie copper, witli a 

 smooth, polished surface, though with a rich patina. In fact, 

 this side of the blade is a vivid green of beautiful tint. Tlie other 

 side is smooth, nnpitted. and blotched yellow and green." These 

 are frequent features of these implements. 



Two small axes or celts of native copper the writer found in 

 the fine cabinet of the Athens historical society, Pennsylvania. 

 Fig. 175 is one of these, belonging to Dr C. H. Ott of Sayre Pa. 

 but found at Owego X. Y., like the next. It is symmetric and 

 well wrought. A longitudinal section is given. Fig. 17G is an- 

 other of these, more irregular and like an ax. It belongs to Mr 

 Percy L. Lang of Waverly X. Y. Both are fine and in good con- 

 dition. The writer learned of no other articles of native copper 

 near the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, the general range 

 being farther north. Others will probably be found but to no 

 great extent. 



Mr Van Epps sent also a figure of a fragment of a native cop- 

 per ax, " found on the ridge near Edmonds house on the Vlaie," 

 in 1875. This is in the town of Broadalbin. It now belongs to 

 Mr E. B. Markham, Northampton X. Y. The curved cutting edge 

 remains, 2^ inches wide, and the fragment is a little more than 

 that in length. He also kindly furnished a statement of native 

 copper articles found in eastern Xew York but not including 

 Lake Champlain. He commenced his descriptions in February 

 1891, bringing them down to November 1901, and they embrace 

 10 celts or axes, nine lance-shaped blades, nearly all with tangs, 

 and an interesting find of 135 beads. His account follows: 



A brief description of the celts shows four found in the town of 

 Glenville, Schenectady co. alone. Three were apparently surface 

 finds; the fourth was from a grave opened by a steam shovel in a 

 gravel bank, midwav between Hoffmans Ferrv and Schenectady. 

 This was described in the American- antiquarian, March 1891, 

 p. 110. Some years later the interesting lot of native copper 

 beads described belpw was obtained from another grave in the 

 same bank. 



