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HISTORY OF COHASSET. 



Sinkers, two with a hole through the stone, and one 

 with a groove around it the long way, are in the showcase 

 among the recent " finds." 



A little fragment of a stone drill is there, and is a fair 

 suggestion to account for holes in softer stone. 



Pestles, made almost good enough by nature, and used 

 by the Indians for pounding their corn, are among the 

 hints of Indian women's work. 



Stone Bobs, made by the Indians for spinning, or weaving, 

 or something else. 



There are three specimens of spinning bobs that are 

 probable evidence of one of the Indian modes of spinning 

 hemp into fish lines and ropes and other cordage. 



One of them, the size of a hen's ^g^, with a little knob 

 on the end, was stirred out of its long slumbers in a field 

 on Sohier Street, on the side of Deer Hill. 



Another, a very much heavier stone, eight inches long, 

 with the same sort of a knob, came from North Main 



