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upon it as iu tliis instauce by the sliape, size, aud manner of finish. 

 The beveled edge is very marked, being sharp on one side and bhint on 

 the other, so that with the sharp edge the fat may be removed, the skin 

 being softened by rubbing with the rounded edge — two imi)lements, 

 really, being combined in the one stone. 



Figure 127 is a specimen of jasper scraper that more nearly ap- 

 proaches the European form of this implement. It is smaller than the 

 usual find of our IS'ew Jersey specmiens. The scraping edge has been 

 I^roduced by a single flake being detached from one side along the whole 

 width of the specimen. The handle is a short, narrow, stem-like i)ro- 

 jection, terminating in a blunt point. 



Figures 128 and 129 represent two forms of scrapers possessing many 

 points in common and which are also allied, but more remotely, to 

 the preceding pattern. These two specimens were classed as arrow-heads 

 in our paper in the American Naturalist ; but, as with the scraper previ- 

 ously called a blunt arrow-point, so with these, additional specimens 

 rendered their peculiar forms intelligible. They are unquestionably 

 scrapers. Why they should be so shaped is not known ; but we were 

 not a little astonished to find, during the present summer, other speci- 

 mens exactly like the two figured, and varying among themselves just 

 as these vary. Both figures, 128 and 129, have had very good points 

 at the ends of the handles, and the additional specimens of these pat- 

 terns are even better pointed. The chipped beveled base, however, of 

 these supposed arrow-points furnishes a clew to their true character, and 

 the additional examples, genuine duplicates of the i^receding figures, are 

 as evidently scrapers as any specimens we have figured. The only spe- 

 cimens we have met with have been gathered from a single field, and 

 were associated with the common style of this implement, with arrow- 

 points, &c. 



Figure 130 is a most interesting example of jasper scraper, having all 

 the peculiarities of our sheaf-of-wheat pattern ; it is, however, exag- 

 gerated, and the stem or handle, instead of being straight, has side 

 projections, which make the specimen, when viewed ui)side down, a 

 blunt, deeply notched, stemmed arrow-point. Its true character, how- 

 ever, is that of a scraper, inasmuch as the edge is very carefully bev- 

 eled, which would not be the case were it intended as a blunt point for 

 an arrow. The object of the arrow-head-like " handle " is not at all clear.. 

 In its present condition it does not offer a good hold for skin-scraping, 

 and to attach a long slender shaft like that of an arrow to it, would ren- 

 der it only more embarrassing for skin-dressing. This specimen, figure 

 130, was found iu Indiana, and forwarded to the author with a number 

 of others. They have all proved interesting for purposes of comparison 

 with our New Jersey specimens, but no one of them differed in any im- 

 portant particular from those of this State. We have seen a New Jer- 

 sey scraper similar to this, except in being a little larger j but being 

 broken wo preferred figuring the Indiana example. 



