THE ABORIGINES. 



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hold their heads by clasping their hands over them, thus 

 easing the strain upon their necks. On they go single 

 file through the woods by the old trail that leads to the 

 beach down Bound Brook or Rattlesnake Run. 



Half-grown girls carry little bundles for their mothers 

 wrapped in beaver skins, and if you look in at the top you 

 see the most stolid little red-faced baby with black eyes 



Seven eighths natural length. 

 Side and Edge View of Stone Spearhead. 

 Barn Hill, Beechwood. 



Stone Knife Blade. 

 From Lily Pond. 



and putty features, that endures silently any amount of 

 jogging. 



Toddling behind the women are little boys with moose- 

 hide moccasins and leather garments, so cunning that 

 their mother laughed heartily at them when first their little 

 bodies were thus adorned. The burdens are rested upon 



