276 ABORIGINAL REMAINS.—PIERS. 
ART. X.—ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF NOVA ScoTIA.—ILLUSTRATED 
BY THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS.—BY 
Harry PIERS. 
Read May 13, 1889. 
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In the following paper I shall confine myself to remarks upon 
such specimens of aboriginal work as are preserved in the Pro- 
vincial Museum. 
The archeology of our Province has already received the atten- 
tion of afew of our members. In the Transactions of the Institute, 
Vol. III, pp. 220-231, Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin has given us an 
account of Nova Scotia in the stone age. Since then, more ma- 
terial for study has been obtained, and more light has been 
thrown upon the subject. Recently, a paper has been read 
before the Society in which a general view of Nova Scotian 
archeology is presented. All I wish to do is to bring into notice 
the excellent, and hitherto almost undescribed, collection of Nova 
Scotian specimens displayed in the cases of our Museum; and, 
when possible, to make use of similar implements, Xc., from other 
parts of the world, by way of illustration and comparison. For 
this purpose the Museum Collections will also be resorted to. 
According to the arrangements of the Museum, the articles 
are separated into two divisions, namely, the “ General,” and the 
“ Webster,” Collections. The former is composed of objects col- 
lected by various persons from many localities. The latter was 
presented by the gentleman whose name it bears—Dr. Webster, 
of Kentville, N.S. 
Unfortunately, most of the specimens are unlabelled, conse- 
quently their particular localities cannot be ascertained. In 
classifying and arranging the collections, I have in general used 
the nomenclature of the Smithsonian Institute, as given in “ Con- 
tributions to Knowledge,” No. 287.* In some respects, however, 
* Rau: Archelogical collections of the U. 8. National Museum, 1876, 
