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ing bands or rings, relieved by round impressions, (Fig. 

 6.) One has a square stem ornamented with dehcate transverse 

 lines. Another has a rude attempt at a human countenance on 

 the front of the bowl. The most elaborate, though perhaps not 

 the most tasteful of the whole, is in the collection of Mr. Mur- 

 phy, and is represented in Fig. Y, which is a side view of half the 

 actual size. The front, which is not represented in the figure, 

 is broad and flat, and has a rude human face, surrounded by a 

 sort of halo composed of rectangular indentations arranged in 

 consecutive rows. The only example of a stone pipe is a small 

 fragment of a stem formed of serpentine, similar to that of the 

 " Calumets " on the Ottawa. 



Fig. v. 



5, Earthen Vessels. — Large quantities of fragments of these 

 have been collected ; all in styles similar to those figured in the 

 former paper, and which may be characterised as the basket 

 patterns,^ and corn-ear patterns,f though presenting great varie- 

 ties in detail. In some of the more elaborate the ornamental 

 lines are not mere scratches, but consist of series of impressions 

 made by a pointed instrument, giving a very rich effect. In some 

 of the examples more recently found, the sides are unusually 

 thin and the material very fine, while others appear to have been 

 large, thick, and composed of coarse and slightly baked ma- 

 terial. In many of the vessels the mouth is square with the cor- 

 ners thickened and expanded, perhaps for convenience of hand- 



* Fig. *7. Canadian Naturalist, vol. 5, p. 435. 

 t Fig. 10. Canadian Naturalist, vol. 5, p. 435. 



