54 RELICS OF THE STONE AGE IN NOVA SCOTIA PIERS. 



nostrils of the animal. The mouth is closed, and reaches around 

 to the side of the head, beneath the eyes. The latter are repre- 

 sented by large, well-defined, circular cavities. Across the back 

 of the neck appear a row of five elliptical cavities, their greatest 

 length being in the direction of the length of the body. The 

 long fore-legs are bent upwards at right angles, and the toes 

 rest on the sides of the bowl's rim. Incised lines divide the fore- 

 feet into rather long toes, seven of which are on the right fcot. 

 The hind legs are shorter, slightly broader, and are gradually 

 lost in the contour of the bowl, without any indication of toes. 

 A longitudinal line extends from the thigh to the vicinity of 

 the hind foot. A round hole, about *25 of an inch in diameter, 

 is drilled from side to side of the bowl, at the ventral surface of 

 the lizard and just anterior to the hind-legs. This hole was 

 doubtless for fastening the pipe, by a thong, to the smoker's 

 dress, in order to prevent its being lost or broken ; or else for 

 the attachment of an ornament. The rim of the bowl is 

 decorated on top by groups of from four to seven incised radiat- 

 ing lines. The cavity for the reception of the narcotic is nearly 

 circular, and is an inch in diameter. It gradually tapers down- 

 ward for about an inch and a half, where it is somewhat suddenly 

 constricted to nearly the size of a lead pencil, after which it 

 extends nearly an inch further downward until it meets the 

 perforation of the stem at a little more than a right angle. The 

 total depth of the cavity, therefore, would be nearly two and a 

 half inches. One side of the cavity is continuous with the 

 throat of the lizard. 



The length of the stem from the extremity to the edge of the 

 bowl nearest the smoker, is about five inches. Its diameter at 

 the mouth piece is *40 of an inch ; and at the further portion, 

 near the bowl, a trifle more than an inch. The diameter of the per- 

 foration at the mouth-end is "28 of an inch. The bowl rises 1-80 

 inch above the stem. The thickness of the bowl at the thinnest 

 part, is about "17 of an inch. Taken generally, the whole pipe 

 may be said to be about seven inches long, but from the mouth- 

 piece to the tips of the figure's snout, it measures 7'60 inches. 



