THE STONE AGE IN NOVA SCOTIA.—PATTERSON, 247 
80, Sherbrooke). But besides these there are quite a number of 
implements undoubtedly intended for cutting (Nos. 10, 81, 84, 
107, etc). One crescent shaped one from St. Mary’s (No. 276), 
deserves particular notice. 
9. Scraper and spade-like instruments.—There are no imple- 
ments in the collection like those represented under this title. 
10. Pendants and sinkers.—Besides those pendants supposed 
to be intended as ornaments there are two of the class supposed 
to have been used as sinkers for nets, one from Shelburne 
County (No. 88), and one from Annapolis (283.) 
11. WDiscoidal stones and implements of kindred shape.— 
There are no stones here exactly of the form figured in the 
Smithsonian report, but stones in their natural state have been 
picked up on the site of old encampments in the shape of flat- 
tened spheres, which seem to have been sought after for some 
purpose (No. 168, Lunenburg, and 169, Merigomish). But besides 
there is a large stone from Cape Breton (No. 264), ground to a 
perfect oblate spheroid, 5 inches in the longest diameter, and 32 
in the shortest, seemingly a chung-ky stone. Another from the 
same quarter, more flattened, partly ground, but not brought to 
such perfect shape, may have been used for the same purpose. 
But both may have been used for grinding meal. 
12. Pierced Tablets—Of this class the object of which is 
not quite certain, there is one specimen from Green Hill, Pictou 
County (No. 86). 
13. Stones used in grinding and polishing.—There are no 
stones with grooves such as figured, but we have in No. 66, from 
Merigomish, a good specimen of an instrument with a smooth 
even surface, like a flat iron, probably used for polishing or as a 
muller for grinding pigments, and probably some of the other 
implements were used for the same purpose. 
14, Stone vessels.—None. 
15. Mortars—Have found none yet, but it is evident that 
they must have been used. 
16. Pestles—There is here one specimen from Barney’s River, 
Pictou County, (No. 72) weighing 8? pounds. This stone is 
almost in its natural state, but has a distinct groove cut round 
