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THE MUSEUM. 



from the converging angle of the sides, 

 but this weapon after loosing its point 

 has been remodeled into a drill or 

 perforator. To effect this change the 

 Iroquoian artizan has from a point dis- 

 tant two inches from the base chipped 

 the edges down with a sharp curve un- 

 til a typical perforater point was pro- 

 duced, resulting in the odd looking fig- 

 ure of the broad base of a notched 

 spear-head terminating abruptly with 

 the point of a perforator. This cur- 

 ious implement was a surface find from 

 the Flats of the Mohawk River: the 

 Flats which have yielded so many 

 thousands of specimens of the handi- 

 work of the Iroquoian people. 



GLACIAL STRLE. 



The mechanical effects of the great 

 ice invasion are well evidenced in this 

 part of the state. Thousands of large 

 boulders of varying materials, sand- 

 stones, quartzites, and granitic, probably 

 all derived from the north or north- 

 west are seen on every hand, and now 

 and then we meet with one of truly 

 enormous proportions. In certain lo- 

 calities grooved and striated rock sur- 

 faces can be seen, and on some of the 

 low limestone cliffs in the west portion 

 of the town of Glenville, the grinding 

 and polishing action of the ice mass 

 with its infrozen graving tools has left 

 an evident record. 



I have recently found a locality 

 where a most excellent illustrative se- 

 ries of parallel striae on slate rock in 

 situ are exposed. This came about 

 by the digging of a broad and shallow 

 ditch on the west side of the highway 

 between Schenectady and Galway. 

 The exact locality is about midway be- 

 tween the "Scotch Church" and the 

 village of West Charlton. This ditch 



was opened on a declivity and by the 

 action of the running surface water af- 

 ter heavy rains, the bottom was soon 

 washed clear of remaining earth leav- 

 ing the underlying rock finely exposed. 

 The stritt: are sharp cut, are very dis- 

 tinct and cross the ditch at right an- 

 gles having a direction almost exactly 

 east to west. The direction of these 

 marks of striation while at first sight 

 somewhat confusing, yet only tend to 

 strengthen the position taken by many 

 authorities, that while the general di- 

 rection of the movement of the great 

 ice mass was to the south or the south- 

 east, yet it being a semi-plastic mass, 

 the course of at least the lower portion 

 of the glacier conformed somewhat to 

 the most prominent ranges and valleys 

 then existmg, as the troughs of the 

 Hudson and the Mohawk. 



Glenville, N. Y. 

 1st Feb. 



Albinos. 



Several months ago parties living 

 about three miles from this place not- 

 iced in the woods near their residence 

 a White Squirrel. After patient 

 watching it was seen to enter a hole 

 in a tree. The tree was cut down, the 

 hole plugged and the section of trunk 

 containing the prisoner was carried to 

 a tight room. The hollow chunk was 

 found to contain two white female 

 squirrels, and after they had been tak- 

 en out there were still indications of 

 Mfe within. An investigation was 

 made resulting in the discovery of three 

 young ones. Instead of being white 

 they were gray, one being spotted with 

 white. The old ones both have pink 

 eyes. I can vouch for the truth of- 



the above. 



Chas. S. Hodgson, 



Albion, Ills. 



