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the subject of far-reaching speculations. The amphibious animals, likewise, 

 have their representatives in the snake, toad, frog, turtle, and alligator. One 

 specimen shows a snake coiled around the bowl of the pipe. The toads, in 

 particular, are faithful imitations of nature. Leaving aside the more than 

 doubtful toucan, the imitated animals belong, without exception, to the JS'orth 

 American fauna, and there is, moreover, the greatest probability that the 



STONE PIPES. 



sculptures in question wei-e made in or near the present State of Ohio, where, 

 in corroboration of this view, a few unfinished pipes of the described character 

 have occurred among the complete articles. 



Pipes of this type are generally of i-ather small size, and in many the cavity 

 of the bowl designed for holding the narcotic is remarkable for its insignifi- 

 cant capacity. These pipes were probably smoked without a stem, the nar- 

 rowness of the perforations in their necks not permitting the insertion of 



