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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



Found in the neighborhood of Milledgeville, Georgia, and sent by Mr. W 

 McKinley. 



Fio. 270.— Oregon. (13223). 



Fio. 27.3— Georgia. (2+2;)4). 



Fio. 271.— Oregon. (12883). Fio. 272.— California. (122M). 



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Fig.5. 270-273.— Stone sinkers. 



Fig. 270. — This is a small oval sandstone pebble, with a groove produced by 

 grinding. The specimen was found in Oregon, and presented by Mr. A. W. Chase. 



Fig. 271. — Another specimen from Oregon, of more elongated shape, and 

 ornamented with incised lines. The material is fine-grained sandstone. It was 

 .sent by Mr. Schumacher. There are several small unornamented specimens of 

 the same form, likewise found in Oregon, in the National Museum. 



Fig. 272. — This object, obtained by Dr. H. C. Yarrow at La Patera, Santa 

 Barbara County, California, consists of greenstone and is carefully worked into 

 a bi-conoid shape, and polished. The narrow groove is rather shallow. A sim- 

 ilar specimen from Ohio, of more elongated form, and provided with a somewhat 

 deeper groove, has been figured by Messrs. Squier and Davis.-'' It consists of 

 hematite. A specimen of specular iron ore, almost identical in form with that 

 just mentioned, but a trifle larger, and likewise from Ohio, is in the National 

 Museum. Being very heavy, it would make an excellent sinker for a fishing-line. 



Fig. 273. — The original, carefully made of chlorite, has the form of a 

 sinker, but is almost too small and light for that application. Perhaps it served 

 as an ornament. Sent from Georgia by Mr. M. F. Stephenson. 



Fia. 274. Fio. 275. 



Figs. 274 and 275.— Stone sinkers. Georgia. 

 Fig. 274. — This specimen belongs to a class of sinkers quite frequent in 



* Squier and Davis : Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley ; Vol. I of Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge ; Washington, 1848 ; p. 235, Fig. 3 (erroneously marked as Fig. 5). Also figured in Stevens's " Flint 

 Chips "; London, 1870 ; p. 501. The specimen is now in the Blackmore Museum, at Salisbury, England. 



