tiELirS OP AN INDIAN HUNTING GROUND. 



567 



fouiul in situ in this locality, but it occurs pleDtilnlly in tlic adjaceut 

 county ol" Harford, in tlio State of Maryland. 



Implements of iDikiiown K.scs. — Fig. 59 has been broken so that its 

 orij^inal form is a matter of conjecture. However, it is vSo strikingly 

 like another strange specimen (Fig. 58) from the Susquehanna, which 

 is entire, that we have no hesitancy in concluding that both were 

 designed for the same purpose. Both are nmde out of chlorite, and are 

 not in the least battered. They could not have been used as weapons 

 or as agricultural implements, since the stone is very brittle and is 

 moreover so soft as to be easily scratched with the tinger-nail. These 

 are the only specimens of this shape, or of chlorite, that I have ever 

 seen from this or adjacent localities. We think they were probably 

 used as ceremonial imjdements. 



IMPLEMENTS <»F INKNOWX USP:!S. — (Half-sizB.) 



58a 69 59A 



(58) Clilorite: Length, 4 inches; width, greatest, 2^ius; thickness, greatest, Ini. 



(59) Ohlorite: Length, 3A inches; thickness, 1 inch. 



Figs. (JO, Gl, 62, and 03, are pieces of slate. The holes in all 

 of them were, apparently, made with stone drills, since they are irreg- 

 ularly grooved and taper towards the center of the stone from both 

 sides. These pieces are so fragmentary as to prevent any attempt at 

 restoration. N"o. 60 is worn quite smooth, with rounded edges, and has 

 a slight polished depression extending a short distance from the inner 

 margin of eacli hole along the surface of the stone. This i>olished 

 surface was (h)ubtless i)r()duced by a cord ])assing througli both 

 lioh's, from which the slate was suspended. The holes in Fig. 61 are 

 })olished, the result of friction. 



Figs. 6t and 65 arc both well wi ought JMiplciiients.. From the care 

 witli which they have been finislied they were evid<'ntly designed for 

 scmie special use. They are the only specimens of the kind that we 

 know of from this locality. They might have been used as teeth in 



