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of the chapter, aud is, of itself, more instructive and interesting than 

 any comments can be as to the weapons themselves, unassociated with 

 the thought of their cosmopolitan character. As will be noticed, we 

 Lave drawn entirely from Lubbock and Nilsson for examples of identical 

 forms of European and American stone implements in the preceding 

 pages of this chai)ter. We have read with jiarticular interest Mr. Evans's 

 exhaustive chapter upon arrow-heads, aud are surprised to find that 

 nearly everything that he figures under that head occurs in New Jer- 

 sey, while we believe some of the forms given by us are not known to 

 British archceologists. 



We must, however, be allowed to express our dissent from some of Mr. 

 Evans's statements concerning North American arrow-heads. He re- 

 marks,* "A prevailing type in North America, viz, that with a notch at 

 the base on either side, has already been mentioned more than once. This 

 form shades off into that with a central dove-tailed tang, sometimes with 

 well-developed barbs. Others, again, have merely a central tang, with 

 little or no attempt at barbs. The triangular form, usually but little exca- 

 vated at the base, is also common. A rare form terminatesin a semicircular 

 edge. The leaf-shaijed form is very rare. For the most part, the chipping 

 is but rough, as the material, which is usually chert, hornstone, or even 

 quartz, does not readily lend itself to fine work." With very much of this 

 paragraph we do not agree. For instance, the arrow-point " with a notch 

 at the base on either side," although prevailing throughout North Ameri- 

 ca, is not more abundantly met with than many other totally distinct 

 patterns. A large series of the triangular arrow-points show a fair pro- 

 I)ortiou of those that have a deejjly concave base ; and some that have a 

 convex base, passing thereby into the leaf-shaped pattern. Mr. Evans 

 most unquestionably errs in stating that the leaf-shaped form is very rare. 

 It is certainly abundant enough in New Jersey to satisfy any collector ; 

 and we believe the same can be said of every other of our Eastern 

 States. We have given four examples of the leaf-shaped form, and 

 could have added many more had it been necessary to give further 

 illustrations of a form that necessarily can vary but little. 



Further, we think Mr. Evans errs in asserting that " for the most part 

 the chipping is rough." We do not fear comparison of our New Jersey 

 specimens with similar stone implements from any part of the world ; 

 and especially are our quartz arrow-points as a class well finished, and 

 this mineral is particularized by Mr. Evans as one reason why North 

 American arrow-points are rough. 



So far 'ds illustrations of European and those of other countries enable 

 us to determine, we have found within a radius of five miles of Trenton, 

 N. J., every form of arrow-point that has been discovered and described 

 by foreign archa3ologists ; and we have in this chapter figured two or 

 more patterns that European archjeologists have not yet collected ; and 



" Loc. cit., l^. 3CiJ. 



