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RELICS OF AN INDIAN HUNTING GROUND. 



Leaf -shaped implements. — Whether the specimens illustrated were 

 used as lanceheads or not is, of course, mere speculation. In addition 

 to "the absence of a notched or stemmed base or both," by ^vhich Dr. 

 Abbott separates lance from spear-heads, these specimens are of com- 

 paratively great thickness. The accompanying illustrations will more 

 clearly serve to point out the difference betAveen lance-heads and spear- 

 heads, whether such differences are enough to warrant the inference 

 that they were used for different purposes or not. 



LANCK-HEADs. — (Half-size. ) 





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(1) Gray compact saudstonc : Length, 44 mches; width, If ins. ; thickness, |j ins. 



(2) Felsitic rock, purple: L.Migth, U ins. ; width, greatest, 2^ ins. ; thickness, ^ in. 

 (.3) Quartz, gray: Length. 34 inches; width, 1| inches; thickness, 4 inch. 



(4) Quartz, gray: Thickness. \ inch. 



Spear-hcaih.—A\\ of the specimens illustrated under this head have 

 bases so fashioned as to provide for the attachment of a shaft, whilst the 

 preceding bearno evidences of havingbeen so wrought. Figs.0, 10. 11, 

 12, and 13 may have been used for " tishing spears." At any rate, owing 

 to their shape, they Mould have answered that purpose better than any of 

 the other stone implements we have found. The shallow Godorus, Avith 

 its generally clear water, along the baidcs of which all of these slender 

 vspear-heads Mere found, nnist have been a good stream in Mhich to 

 spear fish. Only one point, Fig. 12, is represented, though mc have a 

 number of them, to which we referred when outlining the supposed 

 shape of the basal pieces — (;, 9, !(►, 11, and 13. Figs. and 11 bear 

 some resemblance to perforators, but their appearance and better finish 

 seem to indicate a different use. Fig. 10 has on each side, just below 

 the notch, a row of iirominent teeth, a peculiar variation of the usual 

 form. Other specimens not des<-ri1)e(l are like the ones illustrated. All 

 those described M^ere found in different fields. 



