DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES BONE IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



along the upper edge, and forming something like a full face*. Beyond the 

 nose three pairs of oblique symmetrical notches are repeated at intervals along 

 the same edge. There is also a crenature or notching on the other edge ; and 

 the broken end, behind the head, shows p^ 16 a. Fig. 16 b. 



(Fig. 16 V) part of the circumference of a 

 hole with which the hornt was pierced. 



On the side opposite to that figured in the 

 Plate, there is more of the jowl, and what 

 seems to be part of the ear, as we may see 

 by the annexed woodcut (fig. 16 b). 



From La Madelaine. 



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The specimen litho- 

 graphed in B. PI. 

 VII. & VIII. fig. 7, 

 seen from above. 



Fig. 8. A piece of Deer's horn, tapering like 

 a wedge at one end, perhaps for insertion 

 in the cleft of a shaft. The other end is 

 broken, but seems to haye been pointed, 

 like other specimens. It may have been 

 either a weapon or an implement. 



On each side is the same kind of figure. 

 The one shown in fig. 8 leaves much to be 

 desired if it was intended to represent a 

 Horse, of which, however, there is little 

 doubt. In front of the head are several 

 unequal notches, the signification of which it is difficult to suggest. 



From La Madelaine. 



The same specimen 

 showing the side 

 not figured in B. PI. 

 VII. & VIII. 



Figs. 9 a, 9 b. A fragment of Reindeer Horn, broken at the ends. The carving 

 on it is too indefinite for us to attempt a description. Fig. 9 a is a side view, 

 showing the faint outline of a head something like that of a Boar, but for 

 which we offer no interpretation. Fig. 9 b is an edge view, in which some have 

 thought they saw the figure of an infant in swaddling clothes or basket ! 



' The intention of the old carver was evidently to make a front face out of the two side faces. Such 

 attempts at making perfect figures, by the completion of two halves, and leaving as little as possible to the 

 imagination, may be sometimes seen in old carvings in churches. 



t This and the above-described specimen (fig. 3) were doubtless of the same character and use as those 

 shown in B. PI. III. & IV. Owing to information courteously communicated by Mr. A. C. Anderson, of 

 Vancouver, and Mr. R. Brown, of Edinburgh, and of which we shall largely avail ourselves, we learn that 

 antlers, trimmed and fashioned for use, are common enough among the Indians of North-west America as 

 implements of various kinds, and used formerly to serve as a kind of club. 



