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ville, a suburb of the City of Hull, and the other at Powell's Bay, 

 about 10 miles above Aylmer, Que. 



I have also been informed by Mr. Gainsford, of March 

 township, that from i to 2 miles from the entrance to Raymond's 

 Bay, on one of the creeks that run into it, Indian relics such as 

 stone celts, flint arrow-heads and pottery have been found in great 

 abundance at different times by people living- in the vicinity. 



As the camping grounds so far examined have, without an 

 exception, been situated on the high water shore line of the river, 

 it would be extremely interesting to verify the existence of an 

 inland village site such as Mr. Gainsford describes ; and I feel 

 certain that, as my informant is a thoroughly reliable person, he 

 has indicated a place where we may ultimately unearth a store of 

 important information. 



The slate knife, figured in the accompanying plate, was found 

 at this place on the farm of Mr. John Armstrong, and was collected 

 by George Burland of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club. Flint 

 arrow-heads were also found in the vicinity by Albert Smith. 



Second hand information is all very well in its place if you 

 know the party with whom you are dealing ; but, I met a man 

 last summer who has such a loose rein on his imagination that I 

 fear he sometimes allows it to run away with his better judgment. 

 My friend told me that he had found a large stone axe and the 

 head and bust of a squaw carved in stone. When he took me to 

 inspect these Indian relics, I found that the former was a piece of 

 limestone that had a fanciful resemblance to an axe ; but, as it 

 weighed about 15 lbs it seemed to me that, if it could be proved 

 that any pre-historic Indian could have wielded such a mighty 

 weapon, it would confirm an opinion that is current among a 

 certain class of our people, that there were giants in those days. 

 The graven image turned out to be a mass of w.iter-worn Calciferous 

 limestone that some wag had embellished with a few artistic 

 touches of red chalk. It occurred to me at the time that, if it were 

 a true likeness, the original might have been worshipped, without 

 any imputation of idolatory, as there could have been nothing like 

 her in the heavens above or in the earth beneath, for she must have 

 been fearfully and wonderfully made. I have merely referred to 

 the above for the purpose of showing how extremely cautious one 



