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sections, are very rarely met with. About Trenton, K. J., they occur 

 comparatively seldom ; but about the Delaware Water Gap, and in Sus- 

 sex County generally, they are numerous. 



Figure 94 represents a well-chipped, lozenge-shaped arrow-point, of 

 black jasper or hornstone. It varies but little from the preceding except 

 in size, being two inches and one-quarter in length and only three- 

 quarters of an inch in width at the widest point. The base is more ab- 

 ruptly tapered than the body of the specimen, and but one-third the 

 length, giving the specimen a "stemmed" appearance. It constitutes 

 a good link between the lozenge-shaped and stemmed arrow-points. The 

 extreme point and termination of the base have been broken off, but 

 that they were originally both pointed and slender cannot be doubted. 



Such a pattern of arrow-point was probably merely inserted into a 

 cleft in the end of the shaft, and was left in the wound when the arrow 

 was withdrawn. It could, of course, be recovered easily from the dead 

 animal. 



Figure 95 represents a beautiful example of the lozenge-shaped arrow- 

 point, that is wmr/?/ a "stemmed"' specimen. The angles of the base 

 and body of the specimen are so chipped as to make barbs of these an- 

 gles, or, more properly speaking, barb-like angles ; otherwise, the speci- 

 men is diamond-shaped in outline, and a true lozenge-shaped example. 

 As a weapon, this form is an excellent pattern ; the point and sides being 

 well adapted to piercing and cutting, while the base is of a shape to 

 make attachment to the shaft very easy and secure. 



Figure 90 represents an elongate, lozenge-shaped arrow-point, admir- 

 ably chipped and very symmetrical. It is of a variety of this pattern 

 that we have found as yet but very few specimens. It measures two 

 inches and one-half in length and three-fourths of an inch in greatest 

 width. IS^otwithstanding its length, we cannot doubt that it was used 

 as an arrow-point, and it is, therefore, an excellent specimen to show 

 that arrow-heads were occasionally made of a length equal, or nearly so, 

 to the average specimen of slender fish-spear. We call this an arrow- 

 head rather than a spear or javelin point, because the means of attach- 

 ing it securely to its shaft are too imperfect for utilizing it otherwise 

 where the cleft in the shaft of the arrow is all that is required to hold 

 the point when being shot. We have seen several specimens similar in 

 size to the one figured, but with the base rounded instead of pointed in 

 the middle, thus making the true lozenge-shape a leaf-shaped arrow- 

 point, although more slender than these usually are. 



Figure 97 is a pretty quartz arrow-point of the lozenge-shape and leaf- 

 shaped patterns combined. Such arrow-heads of white quartz are very 

 abundant, and vary but little in size. This specimen measures one inch 

 and five-eighths in length by seven-eighths of an inch in width. It is 

 somewhat thicker than the majority of jasper specimens of its pattern, 

 but has a very acute point and sharp cutting-edges. 

 . Every collection of arrow-heads wiU show many variations of every 



