282 ABORIGINAL REMAINS.—PIERS. 
Our specimens vary in size from 4.60 to 7.60 inches in 
length. The smallest is of syenite. It is interesting as 
showing the transition from the celt, to the axe, form. One side 
is straight, the other convex. There is a short groove across each 
lateral edge. This implement may have been hafted in a different 
manner from other axes which are completely encircled by a 
groove. Another specimen shows how a sea-worn boulder 
was utilised in forming an implement, thus lessening the 
labour required in fashioning it. Here we see the original and 
naturally rounded surface of the stone. Around the upper part 
has been pecked a well-formed groove, whilst the lower part has 
been, rather irregularly, pecked to an edge. Such stones as this 
axe was formed from, may be found abundantly upon our sea- 
shores. These the Micmacs, with comparatively little labour, 
adapted to their wants. A third specimen is an example of the 
double grooved axes. They are exceedingly rare in our Pro- 
vince. It is more square in outline than the single grooved 
ones. The length is 6.80 inches; the breadth 4 inches. There 
are two well-marked grooves lying close together. The upper 
one—or one nearest to butt of the axe—is broader than the 
other. The latter is polished on either face of the axe. 
Discoidal Stones and Implements of Kindred Shape.—The 
two implements which I shall now describe seein to be unique, 
Nowhere can I find anything which resembles them. 
They are formed of marble. In shape they both resemble a 
coiled snake. A section of the body would represent an oval. 
The most regularly formed one (Figs. 8 & 4) was presented by Mr. 
Gilbert Seaman, of Minudie, in the County of Cumberland. The 
thicker end of the coil, which may be considered as representing the 
head of the reptile, is turned to the left and lies upon the thinner 
end, or tail. It thus presents the appearance of a ring. No at- 
tempt has been made to represent the head in detail. It is sim- 
ply a rounded termination to the tapering body. The whole 
surface seems to have been once highly polished. The cireum- 
ference of this stone is 8.25 inches and the diameter 2.55 inches. 
The perforation, or space left between the coil, is .75 of an inch 
;n diameter. The greatest diameter at the “head” is 1 inch. 
