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inches long by If wide, £ thick ; a small broken rose-quartz pebble, 

 possibly a scraper; a large piece white quartz with one sharp edge; an 

 implement, probably, but if found elsewhere, this would have been 

 doubtful; six small pieces of pottery, very rude, with shell mixed in the 

 clay. Pottery in this neighborhood only found in three other places. 

 Several small pieces of bone were discovered. This cave is about 15 

 feet from the branch and 5 or feet above it. On the opposite side of 

 the branch, and distant from it about 40 feet and SO above it, is quite a 

 shelter, perfectly dry, with surface earth to a depth of 4 or 5 inches, 

 dusty and dark; under it is a reddish colored earth. On top of this red 

 earth, and below the dark, a broken arrow found of the same material 

 as the spear found opposite, a scraper 3 inches long by 1.} wide, and 

 several pieces of bone. The stones appear to be of the character described 

 as cave implements by Lubbock and Evans, but from their proximity 

 to the surface they can hardly be more ancient than many of our surface 

 finds, but they are distinctive in their features. 



Offutt, F. M. — Xear Cumberland, Md., there are several large stone 

 mounds that have never been disturbed. 



Peyton, Miss Annie L. — Mentions an ancient Indian settlement, 

 cemetery, and workshop near The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. 



TIIE NEW ENGLAND STATES AND CANADA. 



Crerry, X. — Is working up the stone age of the Connecticut Valley 

 through the State of Massachusetts. 



Currier, J. M. — Gives an account of stone implements in Rutland 

 County, Vermont. 



Cutting, II. A. — ISTo ancient remains occur in Eastern Vermont. 

 There are rock sculptures near Braitleborough. 



Ellsworth, C. W. — Describes a cache of chipped implements from 

 East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, and sends many engravings of relics. 



Frost, A. L. — No aboriginal remains are found in York County, Maine. 



Gorton, Charles. — Describes stone implements of Connecticut. No 

 permanent remains mentioned. 



Gregory, James J. H. — In the town of Marblehead, Mass., are remains 

 of shell-heaps, fortified villages, and a cemetery, also the vestiges of a 

 palisaded fort, and the quarry from which most of the porphyry used in 

 making arrow-heads, &c, was taken. 



McDaniel, B. F. — In the town of Salisbury, Mass., is a line of shell- 

 heaps stretching from the Merrimac River, in a northeasterly direction, 

 about one mile inland. 



Osgood, Albert. — Describes a stone structure on north bank of 

 Merrimac River, near the bridge connecting Deer Island with Salisbury, 

 Mass. Stones 4 to 8 inches in thickness are laid without any foundation. 



Richardson, E. P. — Mentions a cache of 40 chipped implements near 

 Manchester, X. H. More information needed. 



