

NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE. 



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Whale's (Delphinapterus). The probability seems to favor its having been a Right Whale, 

 however, since this species must have been of importance and well known to the Indians, 

 whereas the White Porpoise is rare on our coast. The carving is described as rudely done by 

 picking the sienitic rock, from which it was made, with stone implements. A small hole 

 through the tail seems to imply that it was to be suspended. It measured ten inches in length 

 and about two inches in greatest diameter. Professor Putnam believed that it was probably 

 used by the Indians as a totem. Two other similarly worked stones were said to have been 

 found at the same place. 



A somewhat similar stone is in the museum of the Department of Archaeology, of Phillips 

 c.ulemy, Andover, Mass. It was found at Fall River, and differs from the Seabrook speci- 

 men in the greater crudeness of design. The flukes are not shown, but instead the tail end is 

 tapering, with a groove as if for suspension by a cord. Possibly both were used as plummets 

 or sinkers for fish nets. 



