6 2 KELIQTILE AQUITANKLE. 



having been ground in it ; but why it should have been stained at all, when 

 others are not, it is difficult to say, unless it happened that some of the pebbles 

 lay with the bowl upward, which thus became stained by the downward perco- 

 lation of water, and others, in a reverse position, remained unaffected. 



This pebble is 6f inches (130J millims.) broad in its greatest, and 2% inches 

 (55 millims.) in its least diameter. The hollowed surface was originally almost 

 flat. The pit is 2% inches (64 millims.) broad and inch (13 millims.) deep. 



Some of the Lamp-stones of the Esquimaux are flattish-oval in shape, and 

 excavated on one face, like fig. 2 and other specimens ; but the hollow is much 

 larger and deeper in proportion, and the stone of which they are made is 

 softer. One such Lamp-stone (from Russian America), 6 inches (153 millims.) 

 long and 5 inches (127 millims.) broad, has a cavity 4 inches (102 millims.) long, 

 3^ inches (83 millims.) wide, and 1 inch (25| millims.) deep. 



