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17036. Similar to the last two. but more triangular; the sides are 

 scarcely curved. 



17037. A somewhat pestle-shaped specimen, but. twisted like a horn ; 

 the shaft is crooked, the lowest part bulbous, and the bottom tolerably 

 smooth. Rougher than the foregoing. 



17038. A boot-shaped specimen, the top bent forward and pointed, and 

 the toe coiled upward. It is somewhat smooth on the sole. (Fig. 19.) 



170.55-'37. These are small slender stones, such as are called whet- 

 stones or sharpening stones by writers on stone implements. 



MEALING IMPLEMENTS. 



These will be treated of as the upper and the nether millstone, or simply 

 as the upper and the lower stone. They are nearly or quite all of vol- 

 canic material, and resemble in shape and wear implements used for 

 grinding various kinds of food in Central America. Some of the pestles 

 still have a burnished, oily appearance on the lower end, as if caused by 

 the preparation of chocolate, for which, probably, many of them were 

 employed. The various vegetable substances used by the natives of the 

 West Indies are given in Herrera, and are referred to frequently in 

 Irving's Columbus. These stones are so characteristic of this region 

 that I will describe each one briefly. 



Upper stone. 



17031. A short bell-shaped pestle, having a double ridge and an in- 

 tervening furrow around the upper end. 



17032. A rough bell-shaped pestle, with a rude human face on the 

 top. Precisely similar ones are found in San Domingo, (Flint Chips, 

 pp. 227, 230, 231 ;) but, in many cases, the human face is replaced by 

 the head of an animal. (Fig. 20.) 



17040. A light-yellowish stone, in the shape of a cross, probably a 

 worn-out pestle. The top is notched. 



17066. A small almost-cylindrical pestle. 



17067. A conoid, oblong pestle. 



1706S. A very small conoid pestle, 1.5 in. in height. 



17073. A napiform iuuller, side cylindrical ; diameter 4 in., height 

 1.5 in. 



17074. An oblong flat stone, resembliug a muller, and having a groove 

 all around the side like a hat brush. 



77110. A massive, light-colored, polished limestone pestle ; the base 

 is almost cylindrical, but the upper part is a four-sided prism. 



Lower stone. 



17001. A small, hemispherical, bowl-shaped mortar, with a swelling 

 or prominence at one point on the rim. 



17062. A small, oblong, dish-shaped mortar, deeply concave. 



