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inch in diameter, and are striated longitudinally. Altogether it 
shows that it was the practice first to drill the bow] and stem, 
and afterward cut down the stone to the shape intended. 
19. Ornaments—Of these may be noticed two pendants 
(No. 87, 88), each with a hole near the end, for suspension, and 
probably intended as breast ornaments, the first from Barring- 
ton, the last a flattened oval with rounded edge, very exactly 
formed and beautifully polished, from Lake Ainslie, C. B. 
20. Sculptwres.—None. 
In addition to these there are a number of articles which can- 
not be classed under any of these heads. I notice the following : 
1.—“ A fire stone” from Merigomish (No. 277), a lump of iron 
pyrites, used in striking fire. 2.—A small flat stone from Anna- 
polis (No. 280), one and three-quarter inches long by one and a 
half wide, with a series of small notches along one edge of each 
end. The only use I can imagine of this would be for making a 
series of lines on their pottery. 3.—A figure from Upper Mira- 
michi (No. 265), somewhat resembling a woman with a shawl 
over her head. The stone is in its natural state, but exhibits one 
of those curious forms sometimes found and which ignorant tribes 
are often disposed to invest with sacredness. From the repre- 
sentation of an aged Indian, it is believed that this was a sacred 
stone used by their old Shamans. 4.—Two coffin-shaped stones, 
one broken from Merigomish cemetery (No. 90), the other whole 
from West Cornwallis (No. 89), which have been ground to 
their present shape. As wecan discover no practical use which 
these serve, we must suppose them connected with some fancy 
or superstition. 
II.—COPPER. 
Native copper is found in small quantities in Nova ‘Scotia, and 
the people of the stone age had learned that by hammering it 
could be formed into small knives or other implements, and in 
the process become hardened. Besides the specimens from the 
Big Island cemetery already described (No, 227-230), there are 
from Bauchman’s Beach, Lunenburg County, what appears to 
have been intended as a piercer, with some smaller pieces perhaps 
