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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



end, or simi^ly provided in the same places with opposite notches. Fig. 376 

 shows the appearance of an object of the first kind, still covered with the reddish- 

 brown paint of the vessel. It is ground into shape on the side formed by the 

 fracture. Mr. Charles C. Nutting likewise procured for the National Museum a 

 number of these siiecimens on Ometej)ec Island. 



Fio. 374. {28811). 



FlO. 376. (28811). 



PlO. 370. (28011). 



FlQ. 377. (28811). 



All 1. 



Figs. 374-877. — Sinkers made of fragments of clay vessels. Ometepec Island. 



In Fig. 377, finally, I represent a sherd of somewhat pear-shaped outline, 

 pierced for suspension near the narrower extremity. There seems to be little 

 risk in classing it as a sinker. 



Costa Rica — The National Museum is indebted to Mr. M. C. Keith, con- 

 nected with the Costa Rica Railway, which has its eastern terminus at Port 

 Limon, for a large number of valuable relics discovered during the construction 

 of that road. They consist of clay vessels, stone imj^lements, and stone sculpt- 

 ures of various kinds. 



