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The entire specimen is ina very excellent state of preserva- 
tion, and without a flaw. It is formed of a fine gray stone, 
different from any found in the province, and closely resembling 
the material of the remarkable stone tubes in the Provincial 
Museum (Vide “ Aboriginal Remains of Nova Scotia ;” Trans. 
eS: F. NV. S., vol. vii.) It, bears,a fine polish. J did not 
observe any tooth-marks upon the stem, as would probably have 
been the case had it always been placed in the mouth without 
some protective material. A short tube of wood may have 
originally served as a mouth-piece. 
It is a unique specimen in this part of the Dominion. I 
consider it almost beyond question that it is not the work of 
Miemacs, but probably came into Nova Scotia as a trophy of 
war or else by trade with some distant tribe. The stone tubes, 
just mentioned, probably owe their presence here to the same 
agency. Trade was not uncommon among the prehistoric tribes, 
and Lescarbot mentions that our Micmacs, or Souriquois as he 
called them, greatly esteemed the matuchias, or strings of shell 
beads, which came unto them from the Armouchiquois country, or 
the land of the New England Indians, and they bought them 
“very dear.” Tobacco itself must have been obtained by trading 
with nations by whom it was cultivated. 
Strange to say, in Dr. Rau’s account of the collection of the 
U.S. National Museum (cut 192) is figured a pipe about four 
and a half inches long, which bears an extremely close resem- 
blance to the Nova Scotian specimen, both in the attitude of the 
animal upon it and in general shape. Apparently, however, it 
is much less boldly carved. It was found in Pennsylvania, and 
is deseribed by Dr. Rau as a very beautiful, highly polished 
steatite pipe, carved in imitation of a lizard, the straight neck or 
stem forming the animal’s tail, and its toes being indicated by 
incised lines. The similarity between the two specimens is 
therefore remarkably pronounced. 
Mr. David. Boyle, in the report of the Canadian Institute 
(session 1891, page 29). figures a similar pipe found in a grave in 
