50 RELICS OF THE STONE AGE IN NOVA SCOTIA—PIERS. 
Dartmouth. It is known that the Micmacs assembled about the 
French camp, and the presence of an Indian implement in the 
burial-ground of their allies is not to be wondered at. The 
weapon may even have been placed in one of the coffins asa 
savage mark of respect for the alien dead. 
Pendants and Sinkers.—Two well-formed specimens of this 
class—one perfect, the other nearly so—are in the Fairbankg 
collection (Figs. 75-76). They are both somewhat pear-shaped 
and much resemble plummets. The lower extremity is pointed, 
and the upper end expands into a knob to facilitate suspen- 
sion. They thus resemble tigure 106 in Dr. Rau’s deseription 
of the archzeological collection of the U. 8. National Museum 
The larger one (Fig. 76) is formed of dark red sandstone, and 
measures four inches in length. The greatest diameter is toward 
the lower end. The other is made of a dark hard stone. Its 
length is three inches, and the largest part is situated about 
midway between the ends. It is not so elongated as the other 
example. The two sides, including the knob, are somewhat com- 
pressed, thus making the diameter 1°40 inch in one direction 
and 1°70 in the other. 
A third “sinker ”’ (Fig. 80) has been kindly lent me by W. C. 
Silver, Esq., of Halifax. It was found in the bed of the Salmon 
River, adjoining that gentleman’s property at Preston, about 
seven miles to the east of Halifax. He informs me that the place 
where it was discovered was an old spawning ground. The 
specimen is a very beautiful and perfect one, fashioned with 
great pains from a reddish stone, like sandstone, containing small 
particles of mica. Its length is 3:25 inches, and its greatest 
diameter (1:20 inch) is near the upper end or point of suspension. 
The groove just below the knob at the top, is distinctly 
smoothened by a thong by means of which it must have once 
been suspended. The discovery of the stone in a river, tends to 
strengthen the view that it had in some way been employed in 
connection with fishing. Whatever may have been its use, it 
shows what skilful work our Indians bestowed upon the manu- 
facture of some of their implements. 
