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stone, and are well pointed. The specimen figured is chipped from a flake 

 of yellow jasper, Laving narrow veins of white quartz, which render it 

 very attractive in appearance. It is about the maximum size of this pat- 

 tern of arrow -point. 



Figures 90 and 91 represent two beautiful examples of a form of 

 arrow-head closely allied to the preceding specimen ; the difference being 

 in the concave sides and base, and in being much more slender. Indeed, 

 were not the body longer than the barbs, being equal in width, it would 

 be difficult to decide which of the three ends was intended as the point. 

 There is no difference in these "ends" as to workmanship or outline; 

 they are equally slender and acute. 



Figure 90 is chipped from black hornstone, the base or junction of the 

 barbs and body of the specimen being thickest, from which point the 

 specimen gradually tapers to a thin, very carefully-worked edge. This 

 arrow-head measures one inch and one-fourth in length hy exactly one 

 inch in width from point to point of the barbs. 



Figure 91 is chipped from a dull-yellow jasper flake, and is similar to 

 the preceding one in size and the details of working, but is less symmet- 

 rical ; the barbs varying somewhat in width, and the body being a little 

 " bent " over to one side. 



Such a shaped arrow-point attached to a shaft would make an ugly 

 wound, and, entering the body of the animal or person shot, would very 

 probably remain in the wound ; for a more difficult object to extract from 

 a deep flesh-wound we could not imagine. 



Figure 92 is a small jasper arrow-head, with a peculiarity the opposite 

 of that of the preceding illustration. The base is convex instead of 

 concave. It is well chipped, finely pointed, and has notches near the 

 base to secure it the more firmly to the shaft of the arrow. It is not 

 an abundant variety, but one found in sufficient numbers to show it is 

 not a chance-shaped specimen. 



Figure 93 represents a pattern of arrow-point very abundant, and 

 varying from the preceding in that the base is prolonged into a stem, 

 and has no traces of notches, as in figure 92. This elongated base ren- 

 ders the specimen diamond-shaped. It is known in England as the 

 lozenge-shaped arrow-head. As a rule, it is more slender, and has more 

 of the appearance of a stemmed arrow-point than has the English 

 lozenge-shaped one. We have seen some, however, from other States, 

 which were identical with the European tyjie. 



Figure 93 is made of a sandstone pebble or fragment of rock, and 

 Las been moderately well chipped. The point is still acute, and the 

 edges well defined and sharp. It measures one inch and five-eightlis in 

 length and a little more than five-eighths of an inch in greatest width. 

 The base has never been as shari^ly pointed as the true point or extrem- 

 itj- of the specimen, but the sides are as well tapered to a cutting-edge. 



This pattern of arrow-i)oint, of this size and mineral, are quite abun- 

 dant in some localities, and seem to be a prevailing type, but, in other 



