[MATTHEW] THE STONE AGE IN NEW BRUNSWICK 69 
seems probable that the tribe of “Indians” (aborigines), which now 
inhabit this part of the country are not alone responsible for the re- 
mains of the stone age that are scattered along the shores of these 
lakes, and along the thoroughfares, or creeks, that connect them, but 
that their dispersion goes back to a period of greater antiquity. 
In sheltered places along this waterway where remains of old camp- 
ing sites are found, the pottery fragments seem to tell a similar tale 
Thus Professor L. W. Bailey has informed me that he found the best 
remains of aboriginal pottery at Indian Point on Grand lake, by wading 
and dredging in the shallows along the shore of the thoroughfare, when 
the river was at its lowest summer level; as though these remains ex- 
tended below the lowest point to which the river could fall at the present 
time. 
No change in the level of the river is reported in historical times, 
so that the remains found in these submerged tracts along the present 
shores, seem to be of considerable antiquity. 
In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to Professor L. W. Bailey 
for information furnished and to Mr. Geoffrey Stead for the sketch- 
map accompanying this article. 
