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Specimens worked with less care are not wanting, and among them may l>o 

 mentioned a variety of an irreguhxr ronndish or oval !sha])e, and characterized 

 by a knob at the upper end (Fig. 106, greenstone, Massachusetts) . There is 



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much proba])iHty that they served for sinking nets. Some Smithsonian speci- 

 mens of this description are half a foot long and weigh more than three 

 pounds. The cliaracter of net-sinkers appears more distinct in the types 

 following next, to which, indeed, that use has been ascribed by common con- 



