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become detached in some places. From a shell-deposit a few miles north of 

 Mobile, Alabama, between the Mobile and Tensas Rivers. Presented bv Mr. 



K. M. Cunningham. 



Fio. 290.— Florida. (35858). 



Fio. 291.— Alabama. (30893). Fio. 292.— West VirgiDia. (C0746). 



Fio. 293.— Louisiana. (29178). Fio. 294.— Illinois. (00322). 



Alii 

 Figs. 290-294.— Stone siukers. 



Fig. 292. — The material of this most cai-efully fashioned and polished sinker 

 is specular iron. Found thirty feet below the surface, at Huntington, in Cabell 

 County, West Virginia. Presented by Mr. W. J. Haller. 



Fig. 293. — A larger specimen of similar form and excellent finish, and like- 

 wise composed of specular iron. It belongs to the series of sinkers from More- 

 house Parish, Louisiana, sent by Mr. Brodnax. 



Fig. 294. — Another specimen of absolutely symmetrical and tasteful shape. 

 It is made of whitish limestone. About an inch and a half below the flattened 

 upper extremity is a small hole filled with oxidized copper, probably the end of 

 the drill, which broke during the operation. On the opposite side, but only one 

 inch below the narrow end, is another hole of the same diameter, shallow and 

 without any traces of copper. It is not quite evident for what purpose these 



