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81. Kpun. Ingagemjut tribe, Katmai. Stoneax. From old dwelling. 
82. Tsha-ki-un. Same. Stone hatchet. 
83. Kuk-i-glu-ak. Stone arrow-head from a small unnamed island off 
Kukak Bay, in Shelikof Straits. I was informed by the native 
who collected this relic that he saw a great many skulls and 
other relics on the summit of the islands; also a great many 
skulls and other human bones, as well on the top as also on 
the foot of the hill. This island is said to have been a refuge 
by the natives formerly when invasions were made by natives 
from the westward. The native told me that he reached the 
top by climbing an old wooden ladder formerly in use, and that 
there are a great number of depressions in the ground, indi- 
cating former dwellings. The reason he did not bring more 
was that his comrades objected to it, fearing bad luck in their 
hunt after sea-otters. 
84. Kuk-i-glu-ak. Stone arrow in bone socket, collected by a native on 
Semidi Islands (South Island), near sea-lion rookeries. 
85. Ka-bu-tak. Ka-loch-mjut tribe. Karluk. Kodiak Island. Stone 
chisel. 
86. Agai-uch-ku-dat. Kei-ich-wich-mjut tribe. Katmai. Wooden 
masks (ancient). 
87. Agai-uch-ku-dat. Wooden masks (ancient). 
88. Agai-uch-ku-dat. Wooden masks hidden in caves near beaches. 
89. Sha gu-jak. Igagemut tribe. Orlova. Wooden hunting hat worn 
on sea by otter-hunting parties. 
110. Tshau-jak. Musical instrument. Tan-ich-nag-mjut tribe. Lesnoi 
Island. : 
ON THE COLLECTION OF MAINE BUILDING STONES IN THE 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUMDI.* 
By GEORGE P. MERRILL. 
The large extent of coast-line of the State of Maine, composed of gran- 
itic rocks of a kind suitable for building purposes, renders possible the 
shipment and transportation of the quarried rock at rates much lower 
than would otherwise be attainable, the quarries being frequently situ- 
ated so near the water’s edge that little, if any, handling is necessary 
prior to loading upon the vessel. This favorable circumstance, together 
with the excellent quality of the rock obtainable, led to the early open- 
ing of very numerous quarries both on the mainland and the adjacent 
islands, and hence at the present time we find Maine granites in very 
general use in nearly every city of importance in the country, even as 
far west as California, frequently to the almost entire exclusion of per- 
haps equally good material close at hand. 
* Collected under the superintendency of the Tenth Census, 1880. 
