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his arrow-point stock within the hut, and probably at times by the light 
of the fire within it:! so we may suppose that the huts, if not on the 
site which is now beach, were at least close by it. 
With the view of testing the former occupancy of the Kennebecasis 
river by men of the stone age, and noting the presence or absence of 
carnelian among the stone chips which they have left, the estuary of 
this river was examined where it flows through marshes, and where the 
narrow channels giving passage to the waters of the river, abound in 
fish. This part of the river would be specially attractive to a people 
who obtained their living by hunting and fishing. 
On the shore of Darling’s Island (Matthew’s shore, E. end), a sandy 
point yielded—felsite flakes and arrow-points 7, quartz 4. Some of the 
felsite fragments were greatly weathered; no carnelian was seen. Cros- 
sing to the north side of the valley of the Kennebecasis I examined 
several gravelly points on the river channel under the Norton shore; at 
the first point the fragments were chiefly of felsite of purplish gray, gray 
and buff colours, there were some of gray quartz, and one of carnelian. 
At the next point was a good chalcedony skin scraper, there was a core 
of gray quartzite, but the loose flakes found were of felsite and white 
quartz. At the next point was a core of white quartz, and some flakes 
of gray quartzite and gray felsite. On the south side of the valley at 
Saunder’s cove a well finished skinning knife of carnelian was picked 
up and a fragment of carnelian. Thus it would appear that while flakes 
of carnelian are few, the implements are as numerous as the flakes, as 
though the manufacture of the implements was chiefly carried on at 
some other place. 
AGE OF THE QUARRY. 
It might be thought that the business of barter in stone, or of trans- 
portation of this material for the manufacture of weapons was confined 
to the tribes inhabiting the river St. John at the time of its discovery by 
Europeans. There are indications, however, that this was not the case, 
but that the chalcedony was used at a much earlier period? This is 

1 See Nat. Hist. Soc. of New Brunswick, Bull. No. x, p. 17. 
2 The deep weathering of the surface to which many of the stone weapons picked 
up in the valley of the St. John have been subjected, is proof of a long continued 
occupation of the region by aboriginal tribes. This is sometimes found on both 
surfaces of a flat implement. but more frequently the corrosion of the surface is 
mostly confined to one side; tools of felspathic material, such as felspathic slate 
and felsite. are those which show this weathering most distinctly, although celts of 
mica schist and argillaceous slates show similar weathering. A spearhead of felsite 
from this region (Indian Point) had been broken, the parts slightly displaced and 
then reeemented by a calcareous cement, showing the lapse of a considerable interval 
from the time it was lost, until now lately found. 
