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pieces of well burnt black pottery. In another part of Portland 

 I have lately found several fragments of very finely cut stones for 

 grinding corn. When complete these stones are 7 inches 

 in diameter and 3 inches in thickness ; the rounded edge 

 beautifully carved. They were made of the hardest flint, and 

 were used by the hand alone in grinding corn on a large flat 

 stone surface. 



