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diilliug-stoue, because it mi(/ht liave been used lor such a purpose; but 

 it was apparently never used, but lost or discarded as soon as made. 

 The specimen is a chipped piece of slaty rock, four and seven-eighths 

 inches in length. The head or point is narrower than the main portion 

 of the implement, oval in outline, and somewhat pointed. About au 

 inch from the point there is a slight contraction of the outline, when it 

 again widens and retains a uniform width of an inch and one-fourth. 

 The sides are well chipped and brought to a good edge, as is also the 

 base of the specimen, which is slightly rounded. 



Figure 156 represents a beautiful example of chipping in white quartz, 

 the specimen being the head, apparently, of such an instrument as fig- 

 ure 155. As the three preceding examples are all of slate, this 

 one is figured to show that the same instrument occurs in difi'erent 

 materials. Although there is no indication of polish upon the point of 

 this specimen, we believe it to be a drilling-stone — possibly one which 

 was broken before being used. We find, by experiment, that with it 

 but little time and labor are necessary to drill through the ordinary 

 '' breast-plates," such as those described in the following chapter. 



We would also call attention to the similarity of this specimen with 

 the " scraper," figure 129. There is indeed little or no difference, 

 except that in figure 156 there is no chipped or beveled edge for 

 scraping, as in figure 129. It suggests, in itself, therefore, that when 

 an implement rJ^e figure 155 became broken, such a fragment as figure 

 156 would usually l3t<oiiipped smooth upon the broken surface and thus 

 converted into a scrape^. This would explain the presence of points, 

 such as the scrapers, figuru. i28 and 129 have, which features do not 

 appear to have any value so ic„ ^^g ^-j^g ^gg ^f ^^^g specimens as " scrap- 

 ers" goes, and indeed, to us, the^ ■^^iem a great objection as they make 

 the instrument much more difficult t^i^^^i^i^ 



Figure 157 represents a very roug't^^c shipped implement of slate, 

 which bears some resemblance to the specimc q„^^^.^ i^^^ ^^ unhesitat- 

 ingly pronounce it to be a drilling-stone, masmu-,^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ pointed end 

 there is a polished surface, which has escaped th. ^^^^^.^^ weathering 

 which the specimen has undergone. In this specimen ^.^^ ^^ noticed 

 that the narrow portion or waist is nearer the middle tfia.. ^^^^^ ^_^^ 

 so that the " head" is very nearly one-half the total length . ^^^ .^ 

 strument itself. The sides of the specimen throughout their w.,^^ ^^ 

 tent are brought by chipping, to cutting edges as sharp f /^^«^^ ^^^ . 

 maiority of arrow-points or -flint" hatchets. It viewed horizontally 

 figure i57 appears to be a slender tomahawk, and allied closely to some 

 ot the forms of "rude implements" which we have described; the nar- 

 row middle appearing to be notched for the better fastening of a handle. 

 If such was the use and object of this specimen, then what we now con- 

 sider the " base" was the front or cutting edge, and this it has cei- 

 tainly never been, inasmuch as it is by far the most blunt and irregular 

 portion of the margin of the implement. 



