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Fig. 136 is somewhat like the last, and from the same river. It is 

 much thicker, and not unlike some of the curious scrapers yet to be 

 described. It is of brown flint, three and one quarter inches long, and 

 somewhat twisted. Several have this feature. Fig. 137 is curiously 

 curved, but is typical of quite a group. It is of brownish flint, three 

 and five eighths inches long, and comes from the east side of Skane- 

 ateles lake. The general thickness is considerable, but the back of 

 what might be called the handle is not sharpened, as is the rest of the 

 implement. Another curved and twisted knife of common flint is 

 six and one quarter inches long. All of this type vary much in thick- 

 ness and neatness of work. Fig. 138 may be classed with these, 

 though with quite a different outline. One edge is nearly straight, 

 and the other much curved, the surface is also much curved, being 

 concave on one side, and rounded on the other. It is of brownish 

 flint, two and one half inches long, and comes from the Oswego river. 



Some of the most delicate knives have straight bases and curving 

 sides, the blade being broadest toward the point. Fig. 139 is one of 

 these, of brown flint, delicately worked, and three inches long. This 

 is from the Oswego river, and is typical of many others, always neatly 

 finished, but often broken. Another from Three River Point is of 

 yellow jasper, four and one eighth inches long. This is also a fine 

 example. A longer and neatly worked specimen, made of brown 

 flint, and five inches long, is from the east end of Oneida lake. Evans 

 called a similar form in Great Britain a dagger, and it readily sug- 

 gests that weapon, though usually rather frail for any rough usage. 



Another frequent form of knife in some places is thin, parallel 

 sided, and broken squarely off at each end, as though by design. 

 They are somewhat local, and on many sites are never found. Fig. 

 141 represents one of these, of common flint, thin and bent, and two 

 and three quarters inches long. This is from the Seneca river, where 

 almost all have been found on two or three sites. One from Queens- 

 bury, three and one quarter inches long, seems much like these. 



Triangular forms, with straight or convex sides, are common, and 

 hardly require illustration. They vary much in width and thickness, 

 and reach five inches in length, but are usually less. They are often 

 curved on the surface, and are sometimes quite broad. Fig. 142 is 



